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