From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@deadspam.com>
Subject: Re: C-x d: don't make user have to retype misspelled dirs
Date: 19 Jun 2002 03:18:33 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87n0tswg3a.fsf@jidanni.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87sn3kfqe8.fsf@jidanni.org
Dan> Idea: don't make the user type the whole thing over again if he
Dan> misspells something, e.g. here
Dan> C-x d / v a r / l o <return>
RMS> After doing that, type C-x d M-p to get back what you typed.
er, um, Checkmate: how come C-x C-r in the same situation will not let
the user get away with a RET here, and instead does the comfy cosy
coaxing thing, whereas C-x d does the parental punishment thing.
Kastrup> Type C-x C-v
But then I still have to retype /var/lo, as it wiped it out upon RET.
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-17 3:32 C-x d: don't make user have to retype misspelled dirs Dan Jacobson
2002-06-17 15:44 ` David Kastrup
[not found] ` <200206180810.g5I8A6o14818@aztec.santafe.edu>
2002-06-18 17:27 ` Dan Jacobson
2002-06-18 19:18 ` Dan Jacobson [this message]
2002-06-20 14:33 ` Richard Stallman
2002-06-21 2:27 ` Dan Jacobson
[not found] ` <200206211630.g5LGU8D21073@aztec.santafe.edu>
2002-06-21 23:52 ` Dan Jacobson
2002-06-25 16:04 ` Kevin Rodgers
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