From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Help: using spaces when I save a new file (C-w)
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:35:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83bonv2hza.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFcRx_hwU1dN9pgYzEpx6HY38ZotDmmVTJu4vKFZ+Bxm_jLFVA@mail.gmail.com>
> From: Jiehong Ma <ma.jiehong@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:04:01 +0100
>
> I have been using GNU/Emacs for a few months now and I'm still annoyed by a
> little thing: each time I want to save the buffer in a new file, I hit C-w
> but I can't use spaces in the file name since the mini-buffer tries to
> complete my name (as TAB does too). However, spaces in filenames are quite
> common for me and now most of filesystems deal well with spaces in filename.
>
> Is there any way to get that working?
Yes: upgrade to a newer Emacs version. This was fixed in Emacs 22.1,
which was released in June 2007.
If you are already using a newer version, you must have something in
your .emacs that disables this feature.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-17 18:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-17 17:04 Help: using spaces when I save a new file (C-w) Jiehong Ma
2012-03-17 18:35 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2012-03-17 19:16 ` Drew Adams
2012-03-17 18:36 ` Peter Dyballa
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