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bug#45402: 28.0.50; new completion inconvenience
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#45402: 28.0.50; new completion inconvenience |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Dec 2020 20:31:32 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com> writes:
>> But why do you type "/med TAB" instead of "med TAB"?
>
> The assumption, I believe, is that the target folder is under /media/,
> while the initial prompt is "~/". Starting with a slash causes the
> initial prompt to be "greyed out" (i.e. rendered ineffectual unless the
> user backspaces).
Oh, I see. I thought Richard wanted to get to a directory called
~/media/.
> As Richard explained in <E1ksevx-0003Un-Sf@fencepost.gnu.org>, some
> GNU/Linux distros mount external media under /media/$USER, so typing
> /med TAB greys out the initial ~/ and used to complete to /media/$USER
> (if $USER is the only folder under /media). Now users need to type an
> additional slash to disambiguate from "/media:".
Yup; I've also got a /media/ directory, and I see the same thing.
/media/ is a common directory on many systems -- would it make sense to
rename the Tramp method to something other than media:?
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- bug#45402: 28.0.50; new completion inconvenience, (continued)
bug#45402: 28.0.50; new completion inconvenience, Richard Stallman, 2020/12/24
bug#45402: 28.0.50; new completion inconvenience, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/12/25
- bug#45402: 28.0.50; new completion inconvenience, Michael Albinus, 2020/12/25
- bug#45402: 28.0.50; new completion inconvenience, Kévin Le Gouguec, 2020/12/25
- bug#45402: 28.0.50; new completion inconvenience,
Lars Ingebrigtsen <=
- bug#45402: 28.0.50; new completion inconvenience, Michael Albinus, 2020/12/25
- bug#45402: Rename Tramp method "media", Kévin Le Gouguec, 2020/12/25
- bug#45402: Rename Tramp method "media", Drew Adams, 2020/12/25
- bug#45402: Rename Tramp method "media", Kévin Le Gouguec, 2020/12/25
- bug#45402: Rename Tramp method "media", Michael Albinus, 2020/12/26
- bug#45402: Rename Tramp method "media", Michael Albinus, 2020/12/26
- bug#45402: Rename Tramp method "media", Drew Adams, 2020/12/26
bug#45402: Rename Tramp method "media", Michael Albinus, 2020/12/26