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From: | Stefan Monnier |
Subject: | Re: should `minibuffer-complete' use `abbreviate-file-name'? |
Date: | Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:42:03 -0400 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> For file-name completion, apply `abbreviate-file-name' to the >> user's input. This would let a user take advantage of a customized >> `directory-abbrev-alist' during completion. >> >> Would there be any downside to that? >> >> I don't think Emacs should alter the names that the user enters. > `directory-abbrev-alist' is nil by default. Users customize it. It lets them > sustitute their own abbreviations for directories. > Why shouldn't completion respect the user's preference for such > abbreviations (e.g. symlinks)? I must say I do not understand what you're asking for. Can you spell out a concrete example? Stefan
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