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Aaron Meurer
Feb 4, 2012, 6:00:54 PM2/4/12
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Is there a way to make tab completion in find file (C-x C-f) case
insensitive? I'm on Mac OS X with hsf+, so the filesystem is case
insensitive. I didn't find any options in M-x customize for this.
Aaron Meurer
insensitive? I'm on Mac OS X with hsf+, so the filesystem is case
insensitive. I didn't find any options in M-x customize for this.
Aaron Meurer
Drew Adams
Feb 4, 2012, 6:52:17 PM2/4/12
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> Is there a way to make tab completion in find file (C-x C-f) case
> insensitive? I'm on Mac OS X with hsf+, so the filesystem is case
> insensitive. I didn't find any options in M-x customize for this.
It depends on your Emacs version.
> insensitive? I'm on Mac OS X with hsf+, so the filesystem is case
> insensitive. I didn't find any options in M-x customize for this.
Starting with Emacs 22, see option `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case.
But in principle Emacs should do the right thing on your platform, without your
needing to do anything. Consider reporting a bug: `M-x report-emacs-bug',
providing information starting from `emacs -Q' (no init file).
Aaron Meurer
Feb 5, 2012, 1:54:19 AM2/5/12
to Drew Adams, help-gn...@gnu.org
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Drew Adams <drew....@oracle.com> wrote:
>> Is there a way to make tab completion in find file (C-x C-f) case
>> insensitive? I'm on Mac OS X with hsf+, so the filesystem is case
>> insensitive. I didn't find any options in M-x customize for this.
>
> It depends on your Emacs version.
>
> Starting with Emacs 22, see option `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case.
Thanks. I don't know why I missed that, because I searched M-x
>> Is there a way to make tab completion in find file (C-x C-f) case
>> insensitive? I'm on Mac OS X with hsf+, so the filesystem is case
>> insensitive. I didn't find any options in M-x customize for this.
>
> It depends on your Emacs version.
>
> Starting with Emacs 22, see option `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case.
customize for "case".
>
> But in principle Emacs should do the right thing on your platform, without your
> needing to do anything. Consider reporting a bug: `M-x report-emacs-bug',
> providing information starting from `emacs -Q' (no init file).
>
investigation shows that I actually had that variable set to nil in my
.emacs. I guess I misread it somewhere, or misclicked or something.
Aaron Meurer
Drew Adams
Feb 5, 2012, 2:03:37 AM2/5/12
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> > Starting with Emacs 22, see option
> `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case.
>
> Thanks. I don't know why I missed that, because I searched M-x
> customize for "case".
When looking for a user option, try `apropos-variable'.
> `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case.
>
> Thanks. I don't know why I missed that, because I searched M-x
> customize for "case".
In this case, `M-x apropos-variable RET case file RET'.
Aaron Meurer
Feb 5, 2012, 5:01:38 AM2/5/12
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Aaron Meurer
Drew Adams
Feb 5, 2012, 10:28:16 AM2/5/12
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> > When looking for a user option, try `apropos-variable'.
> > In this case, `M-x apropos-variable RET case file RET'.
>
> Does the search box at the top of M-x customize do the same thing?
Pretty much. But it finds faces as well as options.
> > In this case, `M-x apropos-variable RET case file RET'.
>
> Does the search box at the top of M-x customize do the same thing?
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