From d375705e3c31d18dd50474ec95ec84bc05c2b23d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 13:22:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (syms_of_fileio) : Doc fix. --- src/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ src/fileio.c | 24 +++++++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog index f7d6c07a086..3cf55438b83 100644 --- a/src/ChangeLog +++ b/src/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2008-02-09 Eli Zaretskii + + * fileio.c (syms_of_fileio) : Doc fix. + 2008-02-05 Jason Rumney * w32term.c (w32_read_socket) : Use locale-coding-system diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c index ef2b0cfbb2e..c5bff5b8153 100644 --- a/src/fileio.c +++ b/src/fileio.c @@ -6630,19 +6630,25 @@ of file names regardless of the current language environment. */); DEFVAR_BOOL ("insert-default-directory", &insert_default_directory, doc: /* *Non-nil means when reading a filename start with default dir in minibuffer. -If the initial minibuffer contents are non-empty, you can usually -request a default filename by typing RETURN without editing. For some -commands, exiting with an empty minibuffer has a special meaning, -such as making the current buffer visit no file in the case of -`set-visited-file-name'. + +When the initial minibuffer contents show a name of a file or a directory, +typing RETURN without editing the initial contents is equivalent to typing +the default file name. + If this variable is non-nil, the minibuffer contents are always -initially non-empty and typing RETURN without editing will fetch the +initially non-empty, and typing RETURN without editing will fetch the default name, if one is provided. Note however that this default name -is not necessarily the name originally inserted in the minibuffer, if -that is just the default directory. +is not necessarily the same as initial contents inserted in the minibuffer, +if the initial contents is just the default directory. + If this variable is nil, the minibuffer often starts out empty. In that case you may have to explicitly fetch the next history element to -request the default name. */); +request the default name; typing RETURN without editing will leave +the minibuffer empty. + +For some commands, exiting with an empty minibuffer has a special meaning, +such as making the current buffer visit no file in the case of +`set-visited-file-name'. */); insert_default_directory = 1; DEFVAR_BOOL ("vms-stmlf-recfm", &vms_stmlf_recfm, -- 2.39.5