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"D. Goel" <deego@glue.umd.edu> writes:

> Dan said:
>
> ,----
> | Sure we can use M-p and M-n, they will give us recent choices but not
> | the current filename in question. 
> `----
>
> And indeed, recent choices may have nothing to do with the current
> filename, AFAICT.  (only if you opened the file recently, and made a
> minor change without doing too much else, will the filename will be in
> recent history...  ) ...   unless i am missing your point?

Please note that, some time ago, some commands were changed in such a
way that there is some "default input" which is available via M-n.

In Emacs 20.6, the default input is not available for the `R' command
in dired, but it _is_ available for the C-x C-w command.

In Emacs 21.1, the `R' command also supports this default.

Does this clear up the issue?

kai
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