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Re: make project--find-in-file generic, add interactive filename to proj


From: Juri Linkov
Subject: Re: make project--find-in-file generic, add interactive filename to project-find-file
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 01:32:42 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

> How would the user avoid deleting the default value, though? In other GUI
> applications, I'd click on the input, or press an arrow key. We avoid doing
> the former in Emacs. And probably neither would help anyway, because the
> region follows point in Emacs, instead of disappearing as soon as the user
> moves the cursor without holding Shift, like it happens in
> other applications.

Never tried Shift-arrows?  The region deactivates as soon as you move
the cursor without holding Shift.  We could use this feature in the
minibuffer either for initial input or if there is a default value
(might require a new defcustom to enable this).



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