From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: should `minibuffer-complete' use `abbreviate-file-name'?
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:42:03 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvir5c3ytu.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BNELLINCGFJLDJIKDGACMEJJCDAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri\, 12 Oct 2007 12\:27\:58 -0700")
>> 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)?
I must say I do not understand what you're asking for. Can you spell out
a concrete example?
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-12 19:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-02 19:25 should `minibuffer-complete' use `abbreviate-file-name'? Drew Adams
2007-10-03 18:37 ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-12 19:27 ` Drew Adams
2007-10-12 19:42 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2007-10-12 20:34 ` Drew Adams
2007-10-13 3:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-13 6:03 ` Drew Adams
2007-10-13 14:14 ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-13 15:06 ` Drew Adams
2007-10-14 16:28 ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-14 16:56 ` Drew Adams
2007-10-14 19:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-15 16:04 ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-15 16:25 ` Drew Adams
2007-10-15 18:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-15 18:19 ` Drew Adams
2007-10-16 4:10 ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-14 1:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-15 1:36 ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-13 9:50 ` Juanma Barranquero
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