From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marius Hofert Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to create a directory containing spaces in dired-mode? Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:42:56 +0200 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 1371822238 17824 80.91.229.3 (21 Jun 2013 13:43:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:43:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs help To: Tim Visher Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 21 15:44:00 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 1Uq1d9-0001s3-Uq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:44:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38335 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uq1d9-00015j-K4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:43:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37805) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uq1cv-00015L-AM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:43:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uq1co-0003f7-72 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:43:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22d]:57886) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uq1cn-0003f2-W8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:43:38 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pb0-f45.google.com with SMTP id mc8so7828450pbc.4 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 06:43:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=mSS0S4GsEvM8ErQUzvMEE9LTONNjY2BkF7+XtCf8wbw=; b=f/xby2ZnihMPBW0lkU5znS6q1GTA0zGiH+R+gHu1dRg+9l+T6II5/w6NHmYeDCzPww F4jFKDHdsuICRB80ksx7V649H47ky7YS0SSuziPEF8mtx4UyUcKIiAAWpKRK5IX9zKcN mdW9+XCtK1VwhtmjKEkSe7NAJC8x79YlKOZt+aHc/pFrWPVDvnfk7QEVhLRUExFAyU3B rZ9Qi411xk7oYdq4isdpqyFlGml50FFmyhee7De7IZpp0uBkmlkIVA5EtvaMjahyuKS0 fgH6zcKSxAY3cK6wCgyx2nMlWds9DkZbVdM9at+hlp1ncsiCoaT4hwXaHImjfb59JsHy 2IDA== X-Received: by 10.68.171.196 with SMTP id aw4mr12298204pbc.78.1371822217028; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 06:43:37 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.68.31.135 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 06:42:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: XIcVLf1li-yQ2gF2Vr6KyEa7ipU X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22d 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:91634 Archived-At: ... or C-b on C-x b for reverting to 'standard completion' (for buffers). On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Tim Visher wrote: > 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