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From: Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com>
Subject: Re: Name completion for library
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 11:31:45 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050806193145.GF1786@johnsons-web.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0ee1a7db2af8c2fd10582f9158f254ff@Web.DE>

* Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> [050806 11:00]:
> 
> Am 06.08.2005 um 20:36 schrieb Tim Johnson:
> 
> >If I type M-x load-l and TAB, emacs completes the
> >name to 'load-library'.
> >
> >If I then begin to type in the library name and
> >press TAB, emacs inserts the literal TAB and does not
> >present name completion.
> >
 
  Hello Peter:

> load-library takes the name of a 'library' -- an Elisp file's name from 
> the load-path, not a path name. If you want to use file name 
> completion, try load-file!
 
  Shucks! Xemacs will complete a library name, was hoping GNU
  emacs would also.

> Look at the load function in files.el!
 
  Thanks.
  Will do so.

> --
> Greetings
> 
>   Pete
> 
> If you're not confused, you're not paying attention

  I must be *really* paying attention.
  Cheers
  tim
  
-- 
Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com>
      http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com

  reply	other threads:[~2005-08-06 19:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-08-06 18:36 Name completion for library Tim Johnson
2005-08-06 18:51 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-08-06 19:31   ` Tim Johnson [this message]
2005-08-06 19:38     ` Peter Dyballa
2005-08-06 19:39     ` Lennart Borgman
2005-08-08 19:20       ` Kevin Rodgers

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