# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1133532238 0 # Node ID 447cbde40d6474aef36de030446304c96eefadb0 # Parent f5d06dd5ca9b955b2b35f78c96dc5afb7ea69a14 Document changes to file-name completion in minibuffer. diff -r f5d06dd5ca9b -r 447cbde40d64 etc/NEWS --- a/etc/NEWS Fri Dec 02 13:55:54 2005 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Fri Dec 02 14:03:58 2005 +0000 @@ -268,6 +268,12 @@ to the text before point. If there is text in the buffer after point, it remains unchanged. +** When Emacs prompts for file names, SPC no longer completes the file name. +This is so filenames with embedded spaces could be input without the +need to quote the space with a C-q. The underlying changes in the +keymaps that are active in the minibuffer are described below under +"New keymaps for typing file names". + +++ ** M-o now is the prefix key for setting text properties; M-o M-o requests refontification. @@ -4156,6 +4162,15 @@ +++ ** Enhancements to keymaps. +*** New keymaps for typing file names + +Two new keymaps, `minibuffer-local-filename-completion-map' and +`minibuffer-local-must-match-filename-map', apply whenever +Emacs reads a file name in the minibuffer. These key maps override +the usual binding of SPC to `minibuffer-complete-word' (so that file +names with embedded spaces could be typed without the need to quote +the spaces). + *** Cleaner way to enter key sequences. You can enter a constant key sequence in a more natural format, the