From: "Eric Roode" <eric.roode.emacs@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: find-file completion tweak
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:21:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c2c517580807281121l292471d0m263767c71e67ba53@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <65c663ef-5f71-4d04-8b4a-fc4eaf042a4a@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com>
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On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Thr4wn <Seth.A.Bird@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 19, 3:18 pm, "Eric Roode" <eric.roode.em...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Once upon a time, I could have sworn that find-file completion had a
> feature
> > whereby if the first character you typed was a / or a ~, the entire
> default
> > directory was erased and replaced with the / or ~. This was terribly
> > convenient.
> >
> > Right now, if you want to open an absolute file name (or one relative to
> > your home directory), you have to hit C-a C-k after you type C-x C-f and
> > before you type / or ~. Annoying.
> >
> > Did I dream this feature? Did it go away? How can I make find-file
> behave
> > this way again?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eric
>
> What version of emacs are you using? I'm have version 22.2.1 on Debian
> (compiled from source) and that's what mine does by default, which
> makes me curious why yours isn't working.
>
> -Thr4wn
>
Strange.
I'm currently using 21.2.1 on cygwin/winXP, for what it's worth (using the
version that cygwin's package manager installs).
-- Eric
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2008-07-21 21:22 ` find-file completion tweak Thr4wn
2008-07-28 18:21 ` Eric Roode [this message]
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2008-07-28 18:46 ` Lowell Gilbert
2008-07-19 19:18 Eric Roode
2008-07-20 6:48 ` Bernardo Bacic
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