From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to put default-directory into kill-ring? Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:42:54 +0100 Organization: WMI UAM Message-ID: <20140214194254.1627bbfd@aga-netbook> References: <20140214134109.23226acb@aga-netbook> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392403390 3228 80.91.229.3 (14 Feb 2014 18:43:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:43:10 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 14 19:43:18 2014 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 1WENjH-0003by-Sp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:43:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53345 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WENjH-0001cU-Fx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:43:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51520) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WENj3-0001cE-0Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:43:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WENiy-0002e9-DK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:43:00 -0500 Original-Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([2001:808:114:2::50]:35989) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WENiy-0002e5-78 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:42:56 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABABB42066 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:42:55 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qq4hui+DX4YQ for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:42:55 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from aga-netbook (jedenzero6-jeden5osiem.echostar.pl [213.156.106.158]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8F3F342061 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:42:55 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.20; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:808:114:2::50 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:96088 Archived-At: Dnia 2014-02-14, o godz. 08:24:36 Stefan Monnier napisa=C5=82(a): > > Well, as I wrote: M-x pwd currently does *nothing* with its prefix > > argument, and only outputs the default directory in the minibuffer. > > So C-u M-x pwd is basically "wasted". >=20 > I guess that would be OK. Please M-x report-emacs-bug requesting this > as a new feature, to see what other developers think about it (and so > it's not forgotten until the trunk is unfrozen). Thanks, I'll do it! > I think M-: would also benefit from changing its "C-u means to insert > at point" to "C-u means to stash in the kill-ring". Tho, if we could > find a generic way to "get the message from this command and stash it > in the kill-ring" it might be even better. Certainly. > > Also, in case of us Ido users, this requires one more keypress (it's > > one more C-f, so not *that* inconvenient, but still). >=20 > Yup, one of the reasons why Ido will never be the default completion > UI. Obvious. Ido can be *very* annoying, having it as a default would be an extremely bad idea. > Stefan Best, --=20 Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Adam Mickiewicz University