Re: should `minibuffer-complete' use `abbreviate-file-name'?

[Stefan Monnier]

>> For file-name completion, apply `abbreviate-file-name' to the
>> user's input. This would let a user take advantage of a customized
>> `directory-abbrev-alist' during completion.
>> 
>> Would there be any downside to that?
>> 
>> I don't think Emacs should alter the names that the user enters.

> `directory-abbrev-alist' is nil by default. Users customize it. It lets them
> sustitute their own abbreviations for directories.

> Why shouldn't completion respect the user's preference for such
> abbreviations (e.g. symlinks)?

I must say I do not understand what you're asking for.  Can you spell out
a concrete example?


        Stefan