From: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Completing environmental variable names?
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 15:30:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mw2sasd4.fsf@wanadoo.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: BC5672F8AD4C054BAF167C9801500D1A010AD9D20F@USSLMMBX003.net.plm.eds.com
"Ludwig, Mark" <ludwig.mark@siemens.com> writes:
> Has anyone written a hook to complete environmental variable
> names?
>
> Imagine that I have a variable named LONG_ENV_VAR_NAME, and
> one called LONG_FOO_VAR_NAME. If I'm finding a file (typing
> its name in the minibuffer, the usual way), and after typing
> "$LONG_E" I want to press TAB, and have it to complete it to
> $LONG_ENV_VAR_NAME and then to expand its value (as it does
> already).
It works for me on GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X
toolkit) of 2015-03-05
emacs -Q
C-x C-f $HO [TAB]
expands to $HOME.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-01 13:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-01 12:34 Completing environmental variable names? Ludwig, Mark
2015-04-01 13:30 ` Óscar Fuentes [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.3129.1427895033.31049.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-04-01 23:12 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-04-01 23:24 ` Ludwig, Mark
[not found] ` <mailman.3166.1427930697.31049.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-04-02 0:08 ` Emanuel Berg
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