Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 10.03.2008 um 19:57 schrieb Markus:

> I just found out that I get the ü correctly displayed when
> invoking Aquamacs like this: emacs -nw -Q

So obviously your or the system's init file sets something  
incompatible, something pre-Iraq wars ... maybe a "language- 
environment?"

> > Is Aquamacs Emacs set into UTF-8 "mood?"

Mode-line! It should start in the left corner with -u:. You press  
with the mouse cursor on the symbol between - and : ...

> > > > > So, can't the autocomplete within Emacs work because it doesn't  
> > > > > work under Terminal?
> > > > This is not really likely. The Emacsen do not use a shell based  
> > > > mechanism to expand a file name.
>
> Then why does the Emacs file prompt feature the same bug as
> Terminal (this happens both with Aquamacs 1.3 and the Emacs
> bundled with Mac OS X 10.5):
>
> 1. C-x C-f rü<tab>    (nothing happens)
> 2. Backspace (to delete the ü), u<tab>     (autocompletes)
> 3. Delete backwards until you only have the r
> 4. Hit tab ... and you'll end up with rckerstattung.txt
>
> Try the same in Terminal with "ls rü<tab>" ...

My test file, since Jaguar (?), is called äöü... No file name  
completion starts for me.

The shell in Terminal uses a different mechanism for file name  
completion than GNU Emacs. Is this the answer you wanted to read?  
Both mechanisms choose from the same pool of HFS+ decomposed and  
deranged character strings.

Is bash still 2.05 from the 90ies?

> > Have you tried, just for fun or proof of apple's mis-concept,
> > to attach your file to an eMail and typed ``r ü´´ in the form
> > to find your file at once?
>
> Err, Mac OS file open dialogs do not feature a prompt to type the  
> file name ... only mouse clicks!

That's true! And you never tried in Finder, best when you have at  
least one file starting with a or A and at least another one starting  
with ä or Ä, just to type - not in the search hole! ­ a or ä? Maybe  
followed by one or more TABs? (Try both! Does a find the ä file? Does  
ä find the a and the ä file?)

The same way you can fast select a file from select menu to choose from.

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  Pete

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