From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: should `minibuffer-complete' use `abbreviate-file-name'? Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:27:58 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1192217607 25778 80.91.229.12 (12 Oct 2007 19:33:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:33:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 12 21:33:15 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IgQBA-0004xQ-W0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:28:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IgQB4-000859-HI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:28:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IgQAz-00083W-Uy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:28:02 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IgQAy-000816-1O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:28:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IgQAx-00080u-RU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:27:59 -0400 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IgQAu-0003uc-B6; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:27:56 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (rgmgw2.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.111]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l9CJRrsk026820; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:27:53 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsmt250.oracle.com (rcsmt250.oracle.com [148.87.90.195]) by rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.2.4) with ESMTP id l9CIkpYp015895; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:27:52 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw2-141-144-72-178.vpn.oracle.com by acsmt350.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3288555171192217269; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:27:49 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:80739 Archived-At: > For file-name completion, apply `abbreviate-file-name' to the > user's input. This would let a user take advantage of a customized > `directory-abbrev-alist' during completion. > > Would there be any downside to that? > > I don't think Emacs should alter the names that the user enters. `directory-abbrev-alist' is nil by default. Users customize it. It lets them sustitute their own abbreviations for directories. Why shouldn't completion respect the user's preference for such abbreviations (e.g. symlinks)?