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* How make interactive query have automatic file completion like Dired?
@ 2008-12-17 20:07 seberino
  2008-12-17 21:01 ` Andreas Politz
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From: seberino @ 2008-12-17 20:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

I have an interactive function that asks user for a file path.  I'd
like the user to be able to press TAB to automatically complete the
directory or file path if possible.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Chris


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* Re: How make interactive query have automatic file completion like Dired?
  2008-12-17 20:07 How make interactive query have automatic file completion like Dired? seberino
@ 2008-12-17 21:01 ` Andreas Politz
  2008-12-17 21:09 ` How make interactive query have automatic file completion likeDired? Drew Adams
  2008-12-18  3:20 ` How make interactive query have automatic file completion like Dired? Kevin Rodgers
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Politz @ 2008-12-17 21:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

seberino@spawar.navy.mil wrote:
> I have an interactive function that asks user for a file path.  I'd
> like the user to be able to press TAB to automatically complete the
> directory or file path if possible.
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> 
> Chris

(info "(elisp)Reading File Names")

-ap


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* RE: How make interactive query have automatic file completion likeDired?
  2008-12-17 20:07 How make interactive query have automatic file completion like Dired? seberino
  2008-12-17 21:01 ` Andreas Politz
@ 2008-12-17 21:09 ` Drew Adams
  2008-12-18  3:20 ` How make interactive query have automatic file completion like Dired? Kevin Rodgers
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2008-12-17 21:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: seberino, help-gnu-emacs

> I have an interactive function that asks user for a file path.  I'd
> like the user to be able to press TAB to automatically complete the
> directory or file path if possible.

`read-file-name'





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* Re: How make interactive query have automatic file completion like Dired?
  2008-12-17 20:07 How make interactive query have automatic file completion like Dired? seberino
  2008-12-17 21:01 ` Andreas Politz
  2008-12-17 21:09 ` How make interactive query have automatic file completion likeDired? Drew Adams
@ 2008-12-18  3:20 ` Kevin Rodgers
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2008-12-18  3:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

seberino@spawar.navy.mil wrote:
> I have an interactive function that asks user for a file path.  I'd
> like the user to be able to press TAB to automatically complete the
> directory or file path if possible.
> 

(interactive "FFile: ")

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA





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