At Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:39:21 -0700 (PDT), Xah Lee wrote: > > On Aug 5, 2:08 am, Anselm Helbig +news2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > At Wed, 5 Aug 2009 01:46:48 -0700 (PDT), > > > > ibear wrote: > > > > > emacs 23.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600), build by myself under windows > > > xp > > > > > In a folder there is a file "XXX.abc", and I want to save the buffer > > > to a new file "XXX.ab" > > > so I press C-x C-w and input the string "XXX.ab" and press RET, emacs > > > autocomplete the "XXX.ab" to "XXX.abc" and just save the buffer to > > > "XXX.abc" not "XXX.ab"! > > > > > Why? > > > > Are you using ido-mode? Well, I do. You should be able to save it to > > XXX.ab if you use C-j instead of RET, then. The whole point of > > ido-mode is that you shouldn't need to type in complete filenames, so > > it makes sense to pick the best match on RET. > > > > lol. it seems to me a dangerous bug. Well, there's a reason why ido-mode isn't enabled by default. I mean, that's why our .emacs files get so big: so we can enable all that confusing, useful stuff. 8-) Greetings, Anselm -- Anselm Helbig mailto:anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com