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changeset 80088:4469d6ff3a64
(syms_of_fileio) <insert-default-directory>: Doc fix.
author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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date | Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:21:41 +0000 |
parents | 436bd7f0af0a |
children | 48a9d9b1929b |
files | src/fileio.c |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/src/fileio.c Sat Feb 09 13:00:20 2008 +0000 +++ b/src/fileio.c Sat Feb 09 13:21:41 2008 +0000 @@ -6630,19 +6630,25 @@ 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,