Re: Easy/Possible to globally change prompt strings of messages? e.g. changing find-file's prompt string from "Find file:" to "open file:" ?

[Christian Seberino <cseberino@gmail.com>]

Here is how I configured my Tramp abbreviations in case the problem is 
there...

(define-abbrev-table
  'tramp-abbrev-table
  '(("d"  "/ssh:cs@philfour.com:/home/cs/Ws")
    ("dr" "/ssh:cs@philfour.com|su:philfour.com:/home")
    ("w"  "/ssh:cs@services.philfour.com:/home/webwork_custom")
    ("wr" "/ssh:cs@services.philfour.com|su:services.philfour.com:/home")))

(add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook (lambda ()
                                   (abbrev-mode t)
                                   (setq local-abbrev-table 
tramp-abbrev-table)))

(defadvice minibuffer-complete
            (before my-minibuffer-complete activate)
            (expand-abbrev))


On 01/30/2015 06:35 PM, Christian Seberino wrote:
> You may have seen my post regarding this...
>
> (defun my-find-file-around-ad (origfun &rest args)
>   (interactive
>    (find-file-read-args "Open file: "
>                         (confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer)))
>   (apply origfun args))
>
> I don't know why that has the same issue of NOT removing the TAB properly
> like find-file does.
>
> Dunno why.
>
> cs
> On 01/30/2015 06:31 PM, Drew Adams wrote:
>>>> But yes, you certainly can call `find-file-read-args' (or
>>>> `read-file-name') yourself, passing it any prompt you like. You will
>>>> get all of the usual TAB completion etc. - no problem.
>>> Can I ask if the 2 functions you mentioned above would fix a minor
>>> problem with this simple wrapper below?...
>>> (defun my-find-file (name) (interactive "sopen file: ") (find-file 
>>> name))
>> Yes.  `find-file-read-args' is made to order for `find-file' and
>> similar commands.  `read-file-name' is more general - it is called
>> by `find-file-read-args'.  These provide file-name completion.
>>
>> You want to read a file name, not a string.
>

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