From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to create a directory containing spaces in dired-mode?
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:34:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvr4fvejda.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAM3-KjbM9ysPs5i5iynaCQZiuwiTmGUz7HF0fEO=4v56yZ63ng@mail.gmail.com
> @Peter: indeed, with emacs -Q it works. So this could be related to
> dired+ / ido-mode (probably the latter) ... I would have to
> 'minimalize' it to be sure
Historically, Emacs has used the SPC to perform completion in the
minibuffer (similar to TAB, tho subtly different). This was changed
somewhere around Emacs-22/23 so SPC is "normal" when entering file names
(but still performs completion for most/all other minibuffer entries
where completion can be used).
Apparently, the same change was not applied to the IDO code.
As for why SPC is used for completion? In the Unix world, SPC is/was
used as a separator, rarely/never within a name, so SPC in filenames
under Unix is/was traditionally rare.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-21 12:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-21 7:07 How to create a directory containing spaces in dired-mode? Marius Hofert
2013-06-21 8:59 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-06-21 10:20 ` Vlad Piersec
2013-06-21 10:31 ` Marius Hofert
2013-06-21 12:34 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2013-06-21 15:06 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.2143.1371827179.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-21 15:17 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-21 15:03 ` Drew Adams
2013-06-21 18:11 ` Marius Hofert
2013-06-21 12:21 ` Tim Visher
2013-06-21 13:42 ` Marius Hofert
[not found] <mailman.2123.1371798504.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-21 12:33 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-21 13:02 ` notbob
2013-06-21 13:23 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-21 19:21 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.2159.1371842500.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-21 22:33 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-22 15:39 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.2207.1371915908.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-22 16:36 ` Emanuel Berg
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