From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Hansen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Start value in minibuffer [Was: opening /tmp//foo doesn't work.] Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:56:53 +0100 Message-ID: <437A2165.8090301@soem.dk> References: <20051112104720.GK11234@boetes.org> <20051112163852.GA11661@www.trapp.net> <874q6hlqzc.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4377B512.3050303@soem.dk> <43791357.8090803@soem.dk> <437A15B0.5080303@soem.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1132077690 20711 80.91.229.2 (15 Nov 2005 18:01:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:01:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 15 19:01:24 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ec53U-00013N-QV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:57:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ec53U-0005Qg-00 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:57:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ec53K-0005Q6-PA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:57:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ec53J-0005O4-80 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:57:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ec53J-0005Nw-5J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:57:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [212.99.225.245] (helo=odin.broadcom.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1Ec53B-0003iK-CB; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:56:57 -0500 Original-Received: from pppoe3-ves.broadcom.dk ([212.99.255.42] helo=[10.17.1.239]) by odin.broadcom.dk with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD) id 1Ec4v1-000Aon-Cw; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:48:31 +0100 User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20051002) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: miles@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:46028 Archived-At: Miles Bader wrote: >Since we are used to Emacs' file-name behavior, we like it. It makes >the common case (appending to current dir) easy and fast, and also >makes the slightly more unusual but still not uncommon case (replacing >the current dir) also easy and fast. > Yes I know. I don't want to argue about what is best. I fully respect that people have different taste and work in different ways. That why I suggest an option. I apologize if "neither elegant nor intuitive" has offended you, I didn't mean to.