* Make find file case insensitive
@ 2012-02-04 23:00 Aaron Meurer
2012-02-04 23:52 ` Drew Adams
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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
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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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