From: ams@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
To: "Herring, Davis" <herring@lanl.gov>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: default file for diff-backup
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 05:19:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1Wz0P9-00052X-HA@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B393F5AD12955C48A84FFB08032CD04F3B0D98D2@ECS-EXG-P-MB01.win.lanl.gov> (herring@lanl.gov)
> The idea is to supply the current file name of the buffer if you just
> hit enter, i.e exact same behaviour as for M-x diff RET.
I get that already (even though it doesn't explicitly say so in the prompt). Just like, say, `copy-file'.
There are quite a few cases where the default could be improved for
the "RET" case, copy-file, rename-file, delete-file, ...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-23 9:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-20 12:32 default file for diff-backup Alfred M. Szmidt
2014-06-20 19:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-06-20 20:26 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2014-06-20 19:56 ` Herring, Davis
2014-06-20 20:26 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2014-06-20 20:29 ` Herring, Davis
2014-06-23 9:19 ` Alfred M. Szmidt [this message]
2014-06-23 15:42 ` Herring, Davis
2014-06-23 21:20 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2014-06-24 4:42 ` Herring, Davis
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