From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Viktor Haag Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: case sensitivity in 'find file'? Date: 23 Jun 2004 14:48:50 -0400 Organization: Ye 'Ol Disorganized NNTPCache groupie Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <1z4qp25cvh.fsf@suldrun.rim.net> References: <1z8yee5lz6.fsf@suldrun.rim.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1088538120 25488 80.91.224.253 (29 Jun 2004 19:42:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:42:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 29 21:41:49 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BfOUG-0008AW-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:41:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BfOVw-0002Sc-SB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:43:32 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news.uunet.ca!nnrp1.uunet.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: 9>|VK8, 9rx]4Qd)(A&PY4+%IDBhSvyArb`5RSp)xop]-++7%^TG<0hfu-gPY)v@GI:!1zBE +; {v2aWh{'*!O]sy$Yjn_)5XGo>q; fFgWjDk3ne'[J!ya&whvN^2LrOPj3d$oP1G_E@wfkfKFJFFh^%h1`-]>,\k8 Yp^~>ip*Jc$V\6?^-,}*,JmN&c-Y,F+8w\c)F3+6p Original-Lines: 36 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Cache-Post-Path: nws01ykf.rim.net!unknown@suldrun.rim.net X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.9.243.102 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@ca.mci.com Original-X-Trace: nnrp1.uunet.ca 1088016563 216.9.243.102 (Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:49:23 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:49:23 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:123914 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19278 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19278 David Kastrup writes: > Viktor Haag writes: > > > I'm using Emacs 21.3.50.1 built on Mac OSX through the Fink > > project with the tarball 'emacs-21.3.50-20040617.tar.gz'. > > > > I've seen new behaviour that I don't like; when I use > > 'find-file' the completion now seems to be > > case-insensitive. I find this annoying as it now sees > > ~/Library and ~/lib as similar requiring more keystrokes when > > finding a file in the ~/lib subtree. > > > > There must be a way to retrieve the old case-sensitive > > behaviour so that ~/Lib and ~/lib are matched as different > > names. > > > > Can some kind soul please let me know where the variables are > > that control this behaviour? > > completion-ignore-case? Unfortunately, no. I checked that, but it's currently set to 'nil' which should make it case-sensitive. -- Viktor Haag : Software & Information Design : Research In Motion +--+ Disclaimer mandated by employer: "This transmission may contain confidential or privileged material. Any use of this information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender and delete this information from your system. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this transmission by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful."