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diff src/fileio.c @ 92148:f991f10f15ec
Merge from emacs--rel--22
Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-1074
author | Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> |
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date | Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:09:07 +0000 |
parents | acd34594a059 4469d6ff3a64 |
children | c03d2269686e |
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--- a/src/fileio.c Sun Feb 24 06:43:15 2008 +0000 +++ b/src/fileio.c Sun Feb 24 10:09:07 2008 +0000 @@ -6619,19 +6619,25 @@ 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,