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From: Christopher Schmidt <christopher@ch.ristopher.com>
To: 13242@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13242: 24.2.91; dired-goto-file: read-file-name with nil MUSTMATCH
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:15:48 +0000 (GMT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vcbwskzq@ch.ristopher.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mvmr4mky7ok.fsf@hawking.suse.de> (Andreas Schwab's message of "Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:06:35 +0100")

Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
> Christopher Schmidt <christopher@ch.ristopher.com> writes:
>
>> The interactive form of dired-goto-file reads a file name using
>> read-file-name.  Arg MUSMATCH of this call is nil, though.  This does
>> not make sense to me.  I think this arg should be t.
>
> The file may not exist any more, but still listed in the dired buffer.

I see your point, although this is an odd corner case.

I am still in favour of changing the argument to t so one gets implicit
completion of incomplete filenames.  E.g. j in RET would jump to my
init.el if I am direding my .emacs.d.

Maybe completing-read could be used here, completing to all filenames in
the dired buffer?  That's seems like a useful idea considering
virtual-dired and find-dired.

        Christopher





  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-12-20 17:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-20 17:01 bug#13242: 24.2.91; dired-goto-file: read-file-name with nil MUSTMATCH Christopher Schmidt
2012-12-20 17:06 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-12-20 17:10   ` Bastien
2012-12-20 17:27     ` Andreas Schwab
2012-12-20 17:36       ` Bastien
2012-12-20 17:15   ` Christopher Schmidt [this message]
2020-08-25 12:00   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-12-20 17:08 ` Bastien

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