From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luis A Escobar Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: the SPACE filename completion is not working Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:02:10 -0500 Message-ID: References: <448F41B8.8000501@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150239754 29535 80.91.229.2 (13 Jun 2006 23:02:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:02:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 14 01:02:32 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqHtz-00033m-6s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:02:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqHty-0007oE-R3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:02:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FqHtm-0007nL-TW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:02:14 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FqHtl-0007mB-6E for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:02:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqHtl-0007m4-1K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:02:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [130.39.184.137] (helo=gate002.lsu.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FqI2n-0002Vl-IU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:11:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <448F41B8.8000501@student.lu.se> Sensitivity: Original-To: Lennart Borgman X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.3 September 14, 2004 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:35444 Archived-At: Lennart: thank you for your help. I need both because I am use to it. But, if is not available I will live with the TAB Thanks again Best regards, Luis A Lennart Borgman on 06/13/2006 05:52:40 PM To: Luis A Escobar cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: Re: the SPACE filename completion is not working Luis A Escobar wrote: > > > I am using GNU Emacs 22.0.501 in a Windows XP environment. > > I just installed Emacs (but I have used it before). > > To open a file I key in > > C-x C-f > > and in the mini-buffer I see c:/lae/ > > Then when I key in SPACE after the last /, I get a "blank" space rather > than a filename completion. > If I, however, key in TAB after the last /, I get a filename completion. > > How do I enable the SPACE key to work for file completion (I need both TAB > and SPACE file > name completion). > I think the SPACE completion has been removed because there could be a space in a file name. Why do you need both TAB and SPACE completion for file names?