From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 34622-done@debbugs.gnu.org, "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Subject: bug#34622: Find file prompt should indicate sole completion by appending a blank
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 05:13:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmnVFBQNeehrkjjPXrr-w=u1D-A85twkDOWiJpKxk=aKNw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k1hrijt4.fsf@jidanni.org>
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> tags 34622 notabug
> thanks
>
>> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
>> <jidanni@jidanni.org>
>> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 05:40:07 +0800
>>
>> With emacs, one can never be sure if the expansion
>> Find file or URL: ~/bin/wwzz
>> is the sole completion or not, without needing a second TAB press to get
>> "[Sole completion]" shown.
>
> Which command did that? "C-x C-f" shows just the directory, so
> there's no question of completions with the initial prompt. The
> situation you describe is thus not entirely clear.
>
> But in general, this default behavior is on purpose (there are add-on
> packages which give you immediate feedback about candidates).
> File-name completion is special, by design.
>
>> With bash, there is always a space added at end,
>> "$ wc ~/bin/wwzz "
>> so we know right away.
>
> Bash is not an editor, so the considerations are different. For
> example, Bash doesn't need to consider the possibility that the user
> would like to create a new file.
>
>> I propose that emacs do the same:
>> "Find file or URL: ~/bin/wwzz "
>> and if they really want to enter a file with a " " at the end, well they
>> could use C-q (quoted-insert).
>
> Asking users to use C-q for whitespace embedded in a file name is a
> non-starter. We did the opposite change several Emacs versions ago.
Since this is notabug, I'm also closing it now.
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-16 3:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-02-22 21:40 bug#34622: Find file prompt should indicate sole completion by appending a blank 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2019-02-23 7:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-02-24 4:36 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2019-02-24 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-02-27 5:20 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2019-02-27 15:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-16 3:13 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
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