* On minibuffer completion (Cygwin)
@ 2008-08-02 21:24 Angelo Graziosi
2008-08-03 2:23 ` Chong Yidong
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From: Angelo Graziosi @ 2008-08-02 21:24 UTC (permalink / raw
To: emacs-devel
Since these changes:
* minibuffer.el (read-file-name-completion-ignore-case):
Add cygwin to the list.
often I need to type two keys to complete a name, while before it was
sufficient only one key.
For example, if I have
foo
Fio
then before: 'f<TAB>' worked fine and the completion was 'foo'; 'F<TAB>'
==> 'Fio'. Now I need 'fo<TAB>' or 'Fi<TAB>'.
Usually Cygwin is strictly case sensitive by default, even if it 'lives'
on a OS case insensitive. For ex.: 'mv emacs.mail Emacs.mail' works;
only 'cp emacs.mail Emacs.mail' doesn't.
So, why Emacs can't do what Cygwin can at its prompt?
To be short: my opinion is that Cygwin shouldn't be added to that list!
Cheers,
Angelo.
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* Re: On minibuffer completion (Cygwin)
2008-08-02 21:24 On minibuffer completion (Cygwin) Angelo Graziosi
@ 2008-08-03 2:23 ` Chong Yidong
2008-08-03 3:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Chong Yidong @ 2008-08-03 2:23 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: emacs-devel, Angelo Graziosi
Angelo Graziosi <angelo.graziosi@alice.it> writes:
> * minibuffer.el (read-file-name-completion-ignore-case):
> Add cygwin to the list.
>
> often I need to type two keys to complete a name, while before it was
> sufficient only one key.
>
> For example, if I have
>
> foo
> Fio
>
> then before: 'f<TAB>' worked fine and the completion was 'foo';
> F<TAB>' ==> 'Fio'. Now I need 'fo<TAB>' or 'Fi<TAB>'.
>
> Usually Cygwin is strictly case sensitive by default, even if it
> lives' on a OS case insensitive. For ex.: 'mv emacs.mail Emacs.mail'
> works; only 'cp emacs.mail Emacs.mail' doesn't.
Eli, you originally suggested adding cygwin to the list. What's your
opinion about this?
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* Re: On minibuffer completion (Cygwin)
2008-08-03 2:23 ` Chong Yidong
@ 2008-08-03 3:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-03 18:23 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2008-08-03 3:23 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Chong Yidong; +Cc: emacs-devel, angelo.graziosi
> From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
> Cc: Angelo Graziosi <angelo.graziosi@alice.it>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:23:35 -0400
>
> Angelo Graziosi <angelo.graziosi@alice.it> writes:
>
> > * minibuffer.el (read-file-name-completion-ignore-case):
> > Add cygwin to the list.
> >
> > often I need to type two keys to complete a name, while before it was
> > sufficient only one key.
> >
> > For example, if I have
> >
> > foo
> > Fio
> >
> > then before: 'f<TAB>' worked fine and the completion was 'foo';
> > F<TAB>' ==> 'Fio'. Now I need 'fo<TAB>' or 'Fi<TAB>'.
> >
> > Usually Cygwin is strictly case sensitive by default, even if it
> > lives' on a OS case insensitive. For ex.: 'mv emacs.mail Emacs.mail'
> > works; only 'cp emacs.mail Emacs.mail' doesn't.
>
> Eli, you originally suggested adding cygwin to the list. What's your
> opinion about this?
My opinion is that Cygwin runs on a case-insensitive filesystem, and
therefore should behave accordingly. Users who don't like that can
always customize Emacs.
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* Re: On minibuffer completion (Cygwin)
2008-08-03 3:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2008-08-03 18:23 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Stefan Monnier @ 2008-08-03 18:23 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Eli Zaretskii, Joe Buehler; +Cc: Chong Yidong, angelo.graziosi, emacs-devel
> My opinion is that Cygwin runs on a case-insensitive filesystem, and
> therefore should behave accordingly. Users who don't like that can
> always customize Emacs.
But if the Cygwin system itself (i.e. the Cygwin utilities) tries to
pretend that it runs on a case-sensitive filesystem, then Emacs should
follow that convention.
Where's the maintainer of the Cygwin port?
Stefan
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