From 1101d5df8284bbad53c3f1587b230a9f694aa115 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:03:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document changes to file-name completion in minibuffer. --- etc/NEWS | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index c701a356da0..504bb2e98a1 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -268,6 +268,12 @@ the actual file name into the minibuffer. to the text before point. If there is text in the buffer after point, it remains unchanged. +** When Emacs prompts for file names, SPC no longer completes the file name. +This is so filenames with embedded spaces could be input without the +need to quote the space with a C-q. The underlying changes in the +keymaps that are active in the minibuffer are described below under +"New keymaps for typing file names". + +++ ** M-o now is the prefix key for setting text properties; M-o M-o requests refontification. @@ -4156,6 +4162,15 @@ from which the minibuffer was entered. The return value of +++ ** Enhancements to keymaps. +*** New keymaps for typing file names + +Two new keymaps, `minibuffer-local-filename-completion-map' and +`minibuffer-local-must-match-filename-map', apply whenever +Emacs reads a file name in the minibuffer. These key maps override +the usual binding of SPC to `minibuffer-complete-word' (so that file +names with embedded spaces could be typed without the need to quote +the spaces). + *** Cleaner way to enter key sequences. You can enter a constant key sequence in a more natural format, the -- 2.39.2