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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-01-26 12:12, hb 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.

^X^F prompts in the minibuffer with "Find file: ..." and shows the 
directory path, and expects you to complete it with the filename. 
Pressing space (at least here), just insers a space. Maybe VMS code 
behaves differently. After all, spaces are perfectly valid in filenames 
in Unix... Pressing '?' should give you a completion list in a buffer. 
TAB should expand the filename as far as possible. If not a single 
character can be expanded, it will behave the same as '?'.

	Johnny