bug#13242: 24.2.91; dired-goto-file: read-file-name with nil MUSTMATCH

[Christopher Schmidt]

Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
> Christopher Schmidt <christopher@ch.ristopher.com> writes:
>
>> The interactive form of dired-goto-file reads a file name using
>> read-file-name.  Arg MUSMATCH of this call is nil, though.  This does
>> not make sense to me.  I think this arg should be t.
>
> The file may not exist any more, but still listed in the dired buffer.

I see your point, although this is an odd corner case.

I am still in favour of changing the argument to t so one gets implicit
completion of incomplete filenames.  E.g. j in RET would jump to my
init.el if I am direding my .emacs.d.

Maybe completing-read could be used here, completing to all filenames in
the dired buffer?  That's seems like a useful idea considering
virtual-dired and find-dired.

        Christopher