GNU bug report logs - #1285
23.0.60; minibuffer-complete and `C-x d'

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:55:08 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Stefan Monnier  <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 1285 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#1285: 23.0.60; minibuffer-complete and `C-x d'
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:37:24 -0500

> When I type `C-x d <something> TAB', where `<something>' is any sequence
> of characters, then if `<something>' can complete to more than one
> directory name, then the *Completions* buffer displays only those
> directory names, but no non-directory file names.  But if `<something>'
> can complete to a non-directory file name, then it does.

I think the new completion behavior for C-x d is well-intentioned, but
too complicated.  Hence the user confusion reported here.  Stefan: WDYT
about switching back to the old version of dired-read-dir-and-switches?
This bug report was last modified 16 years and 200 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.