That appears to work. Thank you. The deal is not killed, and all is right with the world.
-jmc On Apr 27, 10:29 am, et01267 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I think I found it: > > (define-key minibuffer-local-filename-completion-map " " 'minibuffer- > complete) > > ET > > On Apr 27, 10:23 am, Eric Tiffany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I find this Tab completion annoying as well, particularly because Space has > > "always" been the emacs file completion character - at least in the 25+ > > years that I've been using emacs. > > > Somewhere along the way, someone must have decided that Tab would be > > "better"; there is certainly a way to "fix" this, but I haven't tried to > > find it. > > > ET > > > On 4/27/07 10:08 AM, "Roussanka Loukanova" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > My reply is not to give any constructive help, but just to comment on > > > what you say :-) > > > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> 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, > > > > The automatic completion via Tab is a feature of Unix family OSs, incl. > > > Linux: this is why we are quite happy that Emacs follows this. If you do > > > not have any other reason for using Space as the completion character, it > > > seems to me that the best is to settle down and attune to Tab: your hands > > > will be protesting, a couple of days, but after that they will be > > > protesting against the Space. (I know the screaming situation by having, > > > now and then, to use a keyboard with Swedish layout of the keys on which > > > all the special characters are re-arranged to peculiar key-combinations.) > > > >> 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. > > > > I tried to figure out Customize in Emacs, incl by spending time on reading > > > some of the manuals, but like you, I find all of it obscure, or at least, > > > requiring too much time to figure out what-how. > > > >> 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Carbon Emacs" group mailing list. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/carbon-emacs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
