Re: On minibuffer completion (Cygwin)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
> Cc: Angelo Graziosi <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:23:35 -0400
> 
> Angelo Graziosi <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > * minibuffer.el (read-file-name-completion-ignore-case):
> >   Add cygwin to the list.
> >
> > often I need to type two keys to complete a name, while before it was
> > sufficient only one key.
> >
> > For example, if I have
> >
> > foo
> > Fio
> >
> > then before: 'f<TAB>' worked fine and the completion was 'foo';
> > F<TAB>' ==> 'Fio'. Now I need 'fo<TAB>' or 'Fi<TAB>'.
> >
> > Usually Cygwin is strictly case sensitive by default, even if it
> > lives' on a OS case insensitive. For ex.: 'mv emacs.mail Emacs.mail'
> > works; only 'cp emacs.mail Emacs.mail' doesn't.
> 
> Eli, you originally suggested adding cygwin to the list.  What's your
> opinion about this?

My opinion is that Cygwin runs on a case-insensitive filesystem, and
therefore should behave accordingly.  Users who don't like that can
always customize Emacs.