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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: should `minibuffer-complete' use `abbreviate-file-name'?
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:41:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7ilq4gpk.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BNELLINCGFJLDJIKDGACCEJNCDAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri\, 12 Oct 2007 23\:03\:14 -0700")

> So what? Regardless of the original intention, what's important is how it
> actually behaves.

But if you use it to a different end, you shouldn't be surprised if the
behavior isn't always ideal (e.g. if TAB doesn't apply
directory-abbrev-alist).  This said, I have nothing against TAB calling
abbreviate-file-name.


        Stefan

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-10-14  1:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-02 19:25 should `minibuffer-complete' use `abbreviate-file-name'? Drew Adams
2007-10-03 18:37 ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-12 19:27   ` Drew Adams
2007-10-12 19:42     ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-12 20:34       ` Drew Adams
2007-10-13  3:50         ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-13  6:03           ` Drew Adams
2007-10-13 14:14             ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-13 15:06               ` Drew Adams
2007-10-14 16:28                 ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-14 16:56                   ` Drew Adams
2007-10-14 19:10                     ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-15 16:04                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-15 16:25                       ` Drew Adams
2007-10-15 18:04                         ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-15 18:19                           ` Drew Adams
2007-10-16  4:10                         ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-14  1:41             ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2007-10-15  1:36               ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-13  9:50           ` Juanma Barranquero

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