From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Getting the TAB key for filename completion Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:21:43 -0600 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1219209775 6063 80.91.229.12 (20 Aug 2008 05:22:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:22:55 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 20 07:23:48 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KVgAd-0005u9-Bi for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:23:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43871 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KVg9g-0003TZ-7F for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:22:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KVg8j-0003Gk-9Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:21:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KVg8i-0003Ff-9g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:21:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41523 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KVg8h-0003FQ-K2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:21:47 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:40877 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KVg8h-0000QI-BF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:21:47 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KVg8f-0000qp-JC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:21:45 +0000 Original-Received: from c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.161.145.183]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:21:45 +0000 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:21:45 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 34 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:56808 Archived-At: Davin Pearson wrote: > I have installed hippie-expand inside my Emacs. Specifically I have > installed the following command: > > (fset 'my-complete-file (make-hippie-expand-function > '(try-complete-file-name-partially > try-complete-file-name))) > > > > My trouble is that I cannot bind this command to the TAB key when you > enter the command M-x compile RET. Could someone please advise me how > to get file name completion with the TAB key online? `M-x compile' reads its COMMAND argument by calling read-from-minibuffer with a nil KEYMAP argument, which defaults to minibuffer-local-map: (define-key minibuffer-local-map "\t" 'my-complete-file); or (kbd "TAB") The tricky part would be trying to restrict that binding to `M-x compile'. I think it'd be easier to define a new command: (defun my-compile () "Run `\\[compile]' with TAB temporarily bound to `my-complete-file'." (interactive) (let ((tab-command (lookup-key minibuffer-local-map "\t"))) (define-key minibuffer-local-map "\t" 'my-complete-file) (unwind-protect (call-interactively 'compile) (define-key minibuffer-local-map "\t" tab-command)))) -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA