[Info-vax] Some questions on software for VMS 7.3 VAX

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On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:12:12 +0100
hb via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> On 01/26/2016 11:18 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> > (I don't know why hb suggested ^X ^F space, as that will just insert a
> > space in the filename.
> 
> ^X^F shows/prompts with the default directory in the command
> line/minibuffer (?); pressing space then shows the files in the
> Completions buffer. Here pressing space crashed emacs in
> file_name_completion in dired.c, in the same crash/line when using
> meta-x dired.

Ok I understand you now. But ^x^f is not dired mode. When you type
control xf it will complete filenames. Dired mode is an edit of the
directory. It does not do completion. It allows you to navigate up and
down, make new directories or files, and delete files or directories.

I am not totally surprised they put all that in the same module but
functionally finding a file (^x^f) is a lot different than meta-x dired.

Sounds like you are tracking things down pretty well.

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