Re: patch: add-log.el: changelog find file under poin

[Juri Linkov]

> I would prefer something like what we discussed in that 2006 thread, a
> minibuffer key (I use `M-.') that is specifically for yanking text from the
> buffer into the minibuffer.
>
> That doesn't prohibit a particular command from also putting the file or URL
> at point onto the future history list (`M-n'), but it separates the two:
> general purpose yanking vs command-specific defaults. It doesn't always make
> sense, for all commands in all buffers, for `M-n' to contain the file name
> at point as one of its default values.

As I see, there is no disagreement: `M-n' could provide the file name at
point as a default value for the `C-x C-f' command, and a more general
command `M-.' is for yanking text (including file names and URLs) from the
buffer into the minibuffer.

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Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/