Re: Possible bug in filename completion

[Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>]

"Anne Dudfield" wrote:

> I have a directory ~/etest containing the following files:
>
> blah
> blahblah
> blah-blah
> blah-1
>
> If I C-x C-f and navigate to this directory, then hit space ONCE, I
> see in the minibuffer:
>
> Find file: ~/etest/blah
>
> If I hit space again, I see:
>
> Find file: ~/etest/blah-
>
> If I hit space again, I see that, plus the completions list: blah-1
> and blah-blah. It seems to ignore the files without dashes in the name.

You can press TAB instead of space, or you can use:

(define-key minibuffer-local-completion-map " " 'minibuffer-complete)

if you don't want to retrain your fingers.

(Note that in Emacs 22, space no longer completes.)