Re: Entering filenames with spaces

[David Reitter]

On 17 Oct 2005, at 05:33, Richard M. Stallman wrote:

> Wait a minute!
> The change I agreed to was only for file name reading.
> The change you proposed would affect all kinds of completion.
> I don't want to do that.

Uhh, sorry, that was a misunderstanding then.

If I had to design this from scratch, I probably wouldn't bind Space  
to a completion function in some cases, but not in others. It's more  
complicated for the user to "switch context", that is, to consider  
whether they are entering a file-name, or whether they are entering  
something like a symbol. The easier-to-remember usage paradigm would  
be to use Tab for completion everywhere.
But since people might be used to using Space, this might be a  
different story.

Could someone please tell me how this differentiation would best be  
implemented?
Does a filename-minibuffer have an extra keymap?
Or should Space be bound to some function that distinguishes the  
filename case from others? (a little awkward...)