# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1134064715 0 # Node ID 9768435a278a399f405a9a658a6a08054c8b40e7 # Parent f18c2431b06bcec7ec49f6e5bace2fda7fa2cdb1 (Completion Commands, Completion): In file name input, SPC does not do completion. diff -r f18c2431b06b -r 9768435a278a man/mini.texi --- a/man/mini.texi Thu Dec 08 17:43:52 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/mini.texi Thu Dec 08 17:58:35 2005 +0000 @@ -198,14 +198,16 @@ argument. @kbd{?} is defined to display a list of possible completions of what you have inserted. - For example, when @kbd{M-x} uses the minibuffer to read the name of a -command, it provides a list of all available Emacs command names to + For example, when @kbd{M-x} uses the minibuffer to read the name of +a command, it provides a list of all available Emacs command names to complete against. The completion keys match the minibuffer text against all the command names, find any additional name characters implied by the ones already present in the minibuffer, and add those characters to the ones you have given. This is what makes it possible to type @kbd{M-x ins @key{SPC} b @key{RET}} instead of @kbd{M-x -insert-buffer @key{RET}} (for example). +insert-buffer @key{RET}} (for example). (@key{SPC} does not do +completion in reading file names, because it is common to use spaces +in file names on some systems.) Case is normally significant in completion, because it is significant in most of the names that you can complete (buffer names, file names and @@ -260,8 +262,10 @@ Complete the text before point in the minibuffer as much as possible (@code{minibuffer-complete}). @item @key{SPC} -Complete the minibuffer text before point, but don't go beyond one word -(@code{minibuffer-complete-word}). +Complete the minibuffer text before point, but don't go beyond one +word (@code{minibuffer-complete-word}). @key{SPC} for completion is +not available when entering a file name, since some users often put +spaces in filenames. @item @key{RET} Submit the text in the minibuffer as the argument, possibly completing first as described