Twisted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jun 23, 8:35 pm, Robert Uhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Twisted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > For an example of the latter, consider opening a file. Can't remember >> > the exact spelling and capitalization of the file name? Sorry, bud, >> > you're SOL. Go find it in some other app and memorize the name, then >> > return to emacs. >> >> Once again I am forced to wonder if you have _ever_ actually used >> emacs. find-file has tab completion: hit tab without anything typed, and >> it displays _everything_ in the directory; type a few characters to >> narrow it down; hit tab to complete the filename and be done with it. >> >> Or of course you could use directory mode, which enables you to navigate >> around a directory tree, performing actions on files (including editing >> them). >> >> Then of course there's ido.el, which is even better: type a few >> characters from anywhere in the name, and it displays files matching >> those characters. > > Really? None of this happens if you just do the straightforward file- > open command, which should obviously at least provide a navigable > directory tree, but definitely does not.
It definitely _does_ when you are using the mouse to open your file dialog. Again, _try_ a current version of Emacs before showing your ignorance. [Other nonsensical speculation deleted] -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
