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  > It's just the usual behavior of any command that asks for a file
  > name.

I understand.  But why doesn't the prompt state such default value
inside square brackets?  Also, the manual page for load-file could
explain that behavior, even if it applies for a whole category of
commands.



Andrea Monaco