From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: the SPACE filename completion is not working Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:07:54 +1000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <87pshcqhwl.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150274488 27720 80.91.229.2 (14 Jun 2006 08:41:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:41:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 14 10:41:26 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqQwD-0001rZ-G2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:41:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqQwD-0007Hx-0b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:41:21 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!sn-xt-sjc-03!sn-xt-sjc-09!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MmUm5vXW0+Puer6//Sru3TdIrGA= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 36 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:139826 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:35450 Archived-At: Luis A Escobar writes: > I am using GNU Emacs 22.0.501 in a Windows XP environment. > > I just installed Emacs (but I have used it before). > > To open a file I key in > > C-x C-f > > and in the mini-buffer I see c:/lae/ > > Then when I key in SPACE after the last /, I get a "blank" space rather > than a filename completion. > If I, however, key in TAB after the last /, I get a filename completion. > > How do I enable the SPACE key to work for file completion (I need both TAB > and SPACE file > name completion). > > Thank you for any help > > Best regards, Luis A Escobar > > Louisiana State University > > > This is a change documented in the NEWS file which comes with emacs 22 and includes (from memory) what to do to get back the old behavior. Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au