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 14:52:28 -0400 Organization: Ye 'Ol Disorganized NNTPCache groupie Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <1zzn6u3y4z.fsf@suldrun.rim.net> References: <1z8yee5lz6.fsf@suldrun.rim.net> <877jty8at7.fsf@indigo.shootybangbang.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1088538138 25540 80.91.224.253 (29 Jun 2004 19:42:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:42:18 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 29 21:42:01 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 1BfOUS-0008Bi-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:42:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BfOW8-0002ZF-C4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:43:44 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!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 1088016781 216.9.243.102 (Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:53:01 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:53:01 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:123915 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:19279 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19279 John Paul Wallington writes: > There isn't presently an obvious way because the builtin > `read-file-name' was changed to bind `completion-ignore-case' to t > before calling `completing-read' on DOS, NT, VMS and MACOSX systems. > > You could partially revert that change to Fread_file_name, eg: > > --- fileio.c 22 May 2004 23:17:17 +0100 1.505 > +++ fileio.c 23 Jun 2004 17:19:07 +0100 > @@ -6284,7 +6284,7 @@ > } > > count = SPECPDL_INDEX (); > -#if defined VMS || defined DOS_NT || defined MAC_OSX > +#if defined VMS || defined DOS_NT > specbind (intern ("completion-ignore-case"), Qt); > #endif > > Maybe there should be a `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case' > user variable ? That sounds like a fine idea, because I can easily see that users might prefer this behaviour be configurable. -- 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."