I know that in the Mac OS environment, and in Windows too, and even in
current *ix environments, files are allowed to have spaces in their
names.  I don't want to argue about that, and I understand that it is
for that reason that the minibuffer completion character in Carbon
Emacs is Tab rather than Space.   But I find it utterly annoying, and
it makes me scream every time space doesn't do what I want it to,
which is, complete the filename I've entered to the degree possible.
It's bad enough to try to work in Windows and have to use those silly
quotes around filenames if they have spaces in them, but I'm used to
working *around* Windows.  I have a lot more difficulty accepting the
idea of having to work *around* emacs.

If I knew the name of the keymap to alter, I'd do it.  If I knew the
name of the mode in which to do a "local-set-key", I'd do that.  If I
could find it in Customize, I'd change it there.  Maybe I'd come to
regret doing it if I had to deal with a lot of files that have spaces
embedded in their names, and if so I could undo the change.
Currently, on the relatively few occasions when I encounter a space in
a filename, I enter it with a C-q.

So now that I've gone tiresome detail as to why I need to know, can
someone please toss me a clue?

-jmc


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