From: Bernardo Bacic <bernardo.bacic@pobox.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: find-file completion tweak
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:48:08 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4882DFA8.7050901@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c2c517580807191218y1ad6e61an3db509197fad6289@mail.gmail.com>
(file-name-shadow-mode 1) does something similar
it was a dark and stormy night when Eric Roode said,
> Once upon a time, I could have sworn that find-file completion had a feature
> whereby if the first character you typed was a / or a ~, the entire default
> directory was erased and replaced with the / or ~. This was terribly convenient.
>
> Right now, if you want to open an absolute file name (or one relative to your
> home directory), you have to hit C-a C-k after you type C-x C-f and before you
> type / or ~. Annoying.
>
> Did I dream this feature? Did it go away? How can I make find-file behave this
> way again?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-20 6:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-19 19:18 find-file completion tweak Eric Roode
2008-07-20 6:48 ` Bernardo Bacic [this message]
[not found] <mailman.15060.1216536045.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-21 21:22 ` Thr4wn
2008-07-28 18:21 ` Eric Roode
[not found] ` <mailman.15508.1217269319.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-28 18:46 ` Lowell Gilbert
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