From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Visher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to create a directory containing spaces in dired-mode? Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:21:35 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1371817347 29934 80.91.229.3 (21 Jun 2013 12:22:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:22:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs help To: Marius Hofert Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 21 14:22:29 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Uq0MF-0000n6-MD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 14:22:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60905 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uq0MF-0001SH-40 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:22:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41593) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uq0M5-0001Qw-63 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:22:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uq0M3-0001L1-V8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:22:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-vb0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c02::22c]:58157) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uq0M3-0001Kv-Rh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:22:15 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-vb0-f44.google.com with SMTP id e15so5804601vbg.31 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 05:22:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=VsdkXubxJu8pr1O/cpoKnYhmu5PZKOQ3LQmwvFJ+K2k=; b=TXpOst/8NsF5ERbtrh8ZZYnrTAHZFPIQva7GnWfinn4P0Xhj/GsBi4AW2tA/s65zSU KkAxrwbmpWz91rdl65mhjFBtqnJdnGQaTs00RygHCZM6689vDbOwDnGUXIri9yK0zwH7 0nVp0o5+vWqP/EJkEkKBxTzAwuOcGZcv8toxCB6Gc++Vm5mxO2QmmHzx9VDI/nIC2qJ0 1fUX56RLed/ENvigPWDrA0GmD1+b09B2dRJbjxHEwFHauSC4nk7k9b4ayrGC9vV2lcno GnHbYFHdd84/Mmsdar6ZhchC2q9zl01uWv3lpJJ1GUTP4YdddPe8TtJ2MyH7te98HMvT xz0Q== X-Received: by 10.220.83.138 with SMTP id f10mr5323952vcl.7.1371817335162; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 05:22:15 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.220.50.78 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 05:21:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c02::22c X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:91630 Archived-At: On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:07 AM, Marius Hofert wrote: > Using '+' allows to create directories in dired-mode. When typing the > name of the new directory, 'space' does not give a space. The question > is how to get spaces in directory names then? To add one more solution to the mix (because this feature of ido find file and directory is to awesome to not know about!): At the prompt, type `C-f` to get out of ido mode and drop down to regular entry. I find this way easier than quoting each of the ` ` chars I want to insert. -- In Christ, Timmy V. http://blog.twonegatives.com/ http://five.sentenc.es/ -- Spend less time on mail