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Re: find-alternate-file default filename annoyance
From: |
Kim F. Storm |
Subject: |
Re: find-alternate-file default filename annoyance |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:49:56 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
Leo <address@hidden> writes:
> On 2007-01-21, Richard Stallman said:
>> You can see 'find-alternate-file' will put `buffer-file-name' as
>> its filename by default.
>>
>> This is what it has always done.
>
> Indeed the default behavior is not too bad since it places the cursor
> at the beginning of the filename and can be easily removed if user
> wants to choose another one.
>
> *HOWEVER*, there must be a bug in either ffap or ido which cause Emacs
> to place the cursor at the end of the filename.
Ido _always_ places the cursor at the end of the "current input", which
in this case happens to be the current buffer filename.
So there is no bug. Just use M-DEL to delete the filename as
usual with ido.
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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk