GNU bug report logs - #34622
Find file prompt should indicate sole completion by appending a blank

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 34622 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34622: Find file prompt should indicate sole completion by appending a blank
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 12:36:54 +0800

>>>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
EZ> Which command did that?  "C-x C-f" shows just the directory, so
EZ> there's no question of completions with the initial prompt.  The
EZ> situation you describe is thus not entirely clear.

$ touch /tmp/zzz #new plain file
C-x C-f /tmp/zzz

EZ> Asking users to use C-q for whitespace embedded in a file name is a
EZ> non-starter.  We did the opposite change several Emacs versions ago.

I'm only talking about trailing whitespace...
In fact it could expand that too. OK never mind.

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