diff etc/NEWS @ 106239:0ac473df1bd1

Provide additional default values (file name at point or at the current Dired line) via M-n for file reading minibuffers. (Bug#5010) * minibuffer.el (read-file-name-defaults): New function. (read-file-name): Reset `minibuffer-default' to nil when it duplicates initial input `insdef'. Bind `minibuffer-default-add-function' to lambda that calls `read-file-name-defaults' in `minibuffer-selected-window'. (minibuffer-insert-file-name-at-point): New command. * files.el (file-name-at-point-functions): New defcustom. (find-file-default): Remove defvar. (find-file-read-args): Don't use `find-file-default'. Move `minibuffer-with-setup-hook' that sets `minibuffer-default' to `read-file-name'. (find-file-literally): Use `read-file-name' with `confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer'. * ffap.el (ffap-guess-file-name-at-point): New autoloaded function. * dired.el (dired-read-dir-and-switches): Move `minibuffer-with-setup-hook' that sets `minibuffer-default' to `read-file-name'. (dired-file-name-at-point): New function. (dired-mode): Add hook `dired-file-name-at-point' to `file-name-at-point-functions'.

--- a/etc/NEWS	Wed Nov 25 16:36:04 2009 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Wed Nov 25 17:11:29 2009 +0000
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@
 ** Completions in the *Completions* buffer are sorted vertically
 when the value of the new variable `completions-format' is `vertical'.
 
+** M-n provides more default values in the minibuffer of commands that
+read a file and directory name: a file name at point (when ffap is loaded
+without ffap-bindings), a file name on the current line in the Dired buffer.
+
 ** M-r is bound to the new `move-to-window-line-top-bottom'
 to mirror the new behavior of C-l in Emacs-23.1.