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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
To: Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3]
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:32:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmnR1+8nAsJe0yKV2+1oM_+1aPuTTBGg26d4bM66qVJjOg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874kmf3t1e.fsf@zoho.eu>

Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

> How do you rename a file in dired, and get the previous/current as
> a suggestion?

May I suggest `R M-n'?

(M-n is generally used in the minibuffer to get a default value.)



  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-10-28  4:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-28  3:53 rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3] Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-10-28  4:23 ` Drew Adams
2020-10-28  4:46   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-10-28  4:32 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2020-10-28  4:53   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-10-28  5:34 ` Yuri Khan
2020-10-28  5:51   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-10-29  9:22 ` Michael Albinus
2020-10-30 16:12   ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-10-30 16:29     ` Michael Albinus

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