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* Make find file case insensitive
@ 2012-02-04 23:00 Aaron Meurer
  2012-02-04 23:52 ` Drew Adams
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Aaron Meurer @ 2012-02-04 23:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

Is there a way to make tab completion in find file (C-x C-f) case
insensitive?  I'm on Mac OS X with hsf+, so the filesystem is case
insensitive.  I didn't find any options in M-x customize for this.

Aaron Meurer



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* RE: Make find file case insensitive
  2012-02-04 23:00 Make find file case insensitive Aaron Meurer
@ 2012-02-04 23:52 ` Drew Adams
  2012-02-05  6:54   ` Aaron Meurer
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2012-02-04 23:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 'Aaron Meurer', help-gnu-emacs

> Is there a way to make tab completion in find file (C-x C-f) case
> insensitive?  I'm on Mac OS X with hsf+, so the filesystem is case
> insensitive.  I didn't find any options in M-x customize for this.

It depends on your Emacs version.

Starting with Emacs 22, see option `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case.

But in principle Emacs should do the right thing on your platform, without your
needing to do anything.  Consider reporting a bug: `M-x report-emacs-bug',
providing information starting from `emacs -Q' (no init file).




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* Re: Make find file case insensitive
  2012-02-04 23:52 ` Drew Adams
@ 2012-02-05  6:54   ` Aaron Meurer
  2012-02-05  7:03     ` Drew Adams
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Aaron Meurer @ 2012-02-05  6:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Drew Adams; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs

On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> Is there a way to make tab completion in find file (C-x C-f) case
>> insensitive?  I'm on Mac OS X with hsf+, so the filesystem is case
>> insensitive.  I didn't find any options in M-x customize for this.
>
> It depends on your Emacs version.
>
> Starting with Emacs 22, see option `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case.

Thanks.  I don't know why I missed that, because I searched M-x
customize for "case".

>
> But in principle Emacs should do the right thing on your platform, without your
> needing to do anything.  Consider reporting a bug: `M-x report-emacs-bug',
> providing information starting from `emacs -Q' (no init file).
>

I just tried it with -Q, and it works correctly there.  Some
investigation shows that I actually had that variable set to nil in my
.emacs.  I guess I misread it somewhere, or misclicked or something.

Aaron Meurer



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* RE: Make find file case insensitive
  2012-02-05  6:54   ` Aaron Meurer
@ 2012-02-05  7:03     ` Drew Adams
  2012-02-05 10:01       ` Aaron Meurer
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2012-02-05  7:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 'Aaron Meurer'; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs

> > Starting with Emacs 22, see option 
> `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case.
> 
> Thanks.  I don't know why I missed that, because I searched M-x
> customize for "case".

When looking for a user option, try `apropos-variable'.
In this case, `M-x apropos-variable RET case file RET'.




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* Re: Make find file case insensitive
  2012-02-05  7:03     ` Drew Adams
@ 2012-02-05 10:01       ` Aaron Meurer
  2012-02-05 15:28         ` Drew Adams
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Aaron Meurer @ 2012-02-05 10:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Drew Adams; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:03 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> > Starting with Emacs 22, see option
>> `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case.
>>
>> Thanks.  I don't know why I missed that, because I searched M-x
>> customize for "case".
>
> When looking for a user option, try `apropos-variable'.
> In this case, `M-x apropos-variable RET case file RET'.
>

Does the search box at the top of M-x customize do the same thing?

Aaron Meurer



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* RE: Make find file case insensitive
  2012-02-05 10:01       ` Aaron Meurer
@ 2012-02-05 15:28         ` Drew Adams
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2012-02-05 15:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 'Aaron Meurer'; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs

> > When looking for a user option, try `apropos-variable'.
> > In this case, `M-x apropos-variable RET case file RET'.
> 
> Does the search box at the top of M-x customize do the same thing?

Pretty much.  But it finds faces as well as options.




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