From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: should `minibuffer-complete' use `abbreviate-file-name'? Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:41:34 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192326125 26533 80.91.229.12 (14 Oct 2007 01:42:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:42:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 14 03:41:55 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IgsUI-0001Hh-Vx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:41:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IgsUC-0001ET-Dv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:41:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IgsU9-0001CL-7A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:41:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IgsU7-00019c-LC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:41:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IgsU7-00019U-HE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:41:39 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts5.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.25] helo=tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IgsU3-00039E-IS; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:41:35 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([70.55.141.81]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20071014014134.FVUO17217.tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@ceviche.home>; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:41:34 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 4986BB41BB; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:41:33 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Fri\, 12 Oct 2007 23\:03\:14 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:80831 Archived-At: > 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