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RE: Insufficient documentation on *how* to change SPC behaviour inminibu


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: Insufficient documentation on *how* to change SPC behaviour inminibuffer
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:26:07 -0700

> > I added this text to the above entry:
> >
> >     If you want the old behavior back, put these two key
> >     bindings to your ~/.emacs init file:
> >
> >       (define-key minibuffer-local-filename-completion-map
> >               " " 'minibuffer-complete-word)
> >       (define-key minibuffer-local-must-match-filename-map
> >               " " 'minibuffer-complete-word)
> >
> > Does it give you enough information now?  Did the recipe work for you?
>
> Many thanks.  It does work as suggested with the above code snippet.
> As for the documentation, well yes that would make sense.  But would
> it be also useful to put it under Emacs-Minibuffer-Completion Commands
> section in the info manual?
>
> Similar to the way, how Emacs recognises sentences (2 spaces vs
> 1aftera period) and how the manual explains how to switch from one to
> the other, I think, there should be a similar explanation in the main
> info manual.

Rather than pepper the manual with this kind of thing, I'd rather see all
such ways to obtain previous-release behavior documented in a single place.





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