From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: C-x d: don't make user have to retype misspelled dirs Date: 21 Jun 2002 10:27:43 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87fzzhtlgg.fsf@jidanni.org> References: <86adpur35d.fsf@jidanni.org> <200206180810.g5I8A6o14818@aztec.santafe.edu> <87sn3kfqe8.fsf@jidanni.org> <200206201433.g5KEXsr18580@aztec.santafe.edu> Reply-To: Kindly_Remove_This_jidanni@ms46.hinet.net NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1024637438 29253 127.0.0.1 (21 Jun 2002 05:30:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 05:30:38 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17LH0I-0007bi-00 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 07:30:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17LH0P-0000UJ-00; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 01:30:45 -0400 Original-Received: from chx400.switch.ch ([130.59.10.2]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17LGyl-0000Dl-00 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 01:29:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.fu-berlin.de ([160.45.11.165]) by chx400.switch.ch with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 17LGyk-0005Y0-00 for gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 07:29:02 +0200 Original-Received: by mail.fu-berlin.de (Smail3.2.0.98) from Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (160.45.10.36) with esmtp id ; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 07:29:01 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: by Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (Smail3.2.0.98) from news.fu-berlin.de with bsmtp id ; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 07:29:01 +0200 (MEST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: 61-227-47-124.hinet-ip.hinet.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 17 X-Orig-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61-227-47-124.hinet-ip.hinet.net (61.227.47.124) X-Orig-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1024637340 10472496 61.227.47.124 (16 [99749]) X-Orig-Path: 127.0.0.1!nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:2180 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:2180 Dan> er, um, Checkmate: how come C-x C-r in the same situation will not let Dan> the user get away with a RET here, and instead does the comfy cosy Dan> coaxing thing, whereas C-x d does the parental punishment thing. RMS> I don't follow what you are saying about C-x C-r. RMS> Would you please be more explicit? $ ls -d /var/lo* /var/local /var/lock /var/log /var/lost+found C-x d / v a r / l o C-x C-r / v a r / l o Consider the treatment one gets on the first vs. the second and third. The former is like tough luck bub, whereas the latter is VIP helping environment warm & fuzzy. -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780