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From: | Drew Adams |
Subject: | RE: should `minibuffer-complete' use `abbreviate-file-name'? |
Date: | Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:27:58 -0700 |
> 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)?
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