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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/files.texi | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/mini.texi | 24 |
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi index 2c4a0ca30ce..dc59e13e081 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi @@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ completing up to a nonexistent file name, Emacs prints @samp{[Confirm]} and you must type a second @key{RET} to confirm. @xref{Completion Exit}, for details. +Minibuffer history commands offer some special features for reading +file names, see @ref{Minibuffer History}. + @cindex default directory @vindex default-directory @vindex insert-default-directory diff --git a/doc/emacs/mini.texi b/doc/emacs/mini.texi index 83e7f3b7eb5..93f91420771 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mini.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mini.texi @@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ the default directory. If you now type @kbd{buffer.c} as input, that specifies the file @file{/u2/emacs/src/buffer.c}. @xref{File Names}, for information about the default directory. - You can specify the parent directory with @file{..}: + Alternative defaults for the file name you may want are available by +typing @kbd{M-n}, see @ref{Minibuffer History}. + + You can specify a file in the parent directory with @file{..}: @file{/a/b/../foo.el} is equivalent to @file{/a/foo.el}. Alternatively, you can use @kbd{M-@key{DEL}} to kill directory names backwards (@pxref{Words}). @@ -609,8 +612,6 @@ Move to a later item in the minibuffer history that matches @kindex M-p @r{(minibuffer history)} @kindex M-n @r{(minibuffer history)} -@kindex UP @r{(minibuffer history)} -@kindex DOWN @r{(minibuffer history)} @findex next-history-element @findex previous-history-element While in the minibuffer, @kbd{M-p} (@code{previous-history-element}) @@ -627,8 +628,25 @@ typed @kbd{M-p}), Emacs tries fetching from a list of default arguments: values that you are likely to enter. You can think of this as moving through the ``future history''. +@cindex future history for file names +@cindex minibuffer defaults for file names +@vindex file-name-at-point-functions + The ``future history'' for file names includes several possible +alternatives you may find useful, such as the file name or the URL at +point in the current buffer. The defaults put into the ``future +history'' in this case are controlled by the functions mentioned in +the value of the option @code{file-name-at-point-functions}. By +default, its value invokes the @code{ffap} package (@pxref{FFAP}), +which tries to guess the default file or URL from the text around +point. To disable this guessing, customize the option to a @code{nil} +value, then the ``future history'' of file names will include only the +file, if any, visited by the current buffer, and the default +directory. + @findex previous-line-or-history-element @findex next-line-or-history-element +@kindex UP @r{(minibuffer history)} +@kindex DOWN @r{(minibuffer history)} The arrow keys @kbd{@key{UP}} and @kbd{@key{DOWN}} work like @kbd{M-p} and @kbd{M-n}, but if the current history item is longer than a single line, they allow you to move to the previous or next |