From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Simple minibuffer completion question Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:52:00 +0300 Message-ID: References: <1176550384.941960.180950@w1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176551546 2689 80.91.229.12 (14 Apr 2007 11:52:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:52:26 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 14 13:52:20 2007 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 1Hcgnk-0000if-1O for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:52:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hcgs6-0004a0-U9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:56:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hcgrt-0004Zl-IL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:56:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hcgrr-0004ZZ-84 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:56:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hcgrr-0004ZW-3S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:56:35 -0400 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HcgnS-0005DS-UO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:52:03 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-158-53.inter.net.il [80.230.158.53]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id GNA74899 (AUTH halo1); Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:52:02 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <1176550384.941960.180950@w1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> (bmaron2@hotmail.com) X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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:42678 Archived-At: > From: bmaron2@hotmail.com > Date: 14 Apr 2007 04:33:04 -0700 > > Lets say you're editing a file named reallylongfilename.foo. You want > to save a copy and call it reallylongfilename2.foo. > > If I do a C-x C-w, emacs prompts me for the new file name. Now, how > can I get it to insert the default file name (reallylongfilename.foo), > but still allow me to edit the text? Press either down-arrow or M-n, and Emacs will do what you want.