Can't enter filenames with spaces

2005-06-25 Thread David Reitter
As it stands, it seems that one cannot save a buffer to a new file with a name that contains space characters, at least not in a straightforward way. The reason is that the minibuffer that prompts for input does not accept space as an input character for the string that is read - even

Re: Can't enter filenames with spaces

2005-06-25 Thread David Reitter
On 25 Jun 2005, at 14:16, David Reitter wrote: As it stands, it seems that one cannot save a buffer to a new file with a name that contains space characters, at least not in a straightforward way. The reason is that the minibuffer that prompts for input does not accept space as an input

Re: Can't enter filenames with spaces

2005-06-25 Thread Miles Bader
On 6/26/05, David Reitter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How is a user supposed to know about C-q? Checking the manual for something as simple as entering a file name is ridiculous, and even if you do a C-h k C-x C-f (which is probably the obvious place for a new user to look). C-q has nothing to

Re: Can't enter filenames with spaces

2005-06-25 Thread David Reitter
On 26 Jun 2005, at 01:24, Miles Bader wrote: How is a user supposed to know about C-q? Checking the manual for something as simple as entering a file name is ridiculous, and even if you do a C-h k C-x C-f (which is probably the obvious place for a new user to look). C-q has nothing to do

Re: Can't enter filenames with spaces

2005-06-25 Thread Richard M. Stallman
minibuffer-local-completion-map binds the space character to minibuffer-complete-word (defined in src/keymap.c). If the users would be happier if we turned off word-completion in reading file names, I would not object. I don't believe I ever use this feature for file names. Does