Re: find-alternate-file default filename annoyance

[storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)]

Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:

> On 2007-01-21, Richard Stallman said:
>>     You can see 'find-alternate-file' will put `buffer-file-name' as
>>     its filename by default.
>>
>> This is what it has always done.
>
> Indeed the default behavior is not too bad since it places the cursor
> at the beginning of the filename and can be easily removed if user
> wants to choose another one.
>
> *HOWEVER*, there must be a bug in either ffap or ido which cause Emacs
>  to place the cursor at the end of the filename. 

Ido _always_ places the cursor at the end of the "current input", which
in this case happens to be the current buffer filename.

So there is no bug.  Just use M-DEL to delete the filename as
usual with ido.

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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk