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read-file-name-completion-ignore-case has no effect in find-name-arg

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: 4387 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#4387: read-file-name-completion-ignore-case has no effect in find-name-arg
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:17:43 +0300

> The docstring of `find-name-arg' says that `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case'
> defines its default value:
>
>   ;;;###autoload
>   (defcustom find-name-arg
>     (if read-file-name-completion-ignore-case
>         "-iname"
>       "-name")
>     "Argument used to specify file name pattern.
>   If `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case' is non-nil, -iname is used so that
>   find also ignores case. Otherwise, -name is used."
>     :type 'string
>     :group 'find-dired
>     :version "22.2")
>
> But there is no way to use "-iname" when `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case'
> is customized to t because `find-name-arg' is autoloaded with the value "-name"
> before
>
>   (custom-set-variables
>    '(read-file-name-completion-ignore-case t))
>
> from .emacs sets the value of `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case'.

I tried to use the new `custom-initialize-delay' but it has no effect
in this case.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/

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