[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/src/fileio.c,v [EMACS_22_BASE]

[Eli Zaretskii]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Branch:         EMACS_22_BASE
Changes by:     Eli Zaretskii <eliz>    08/02/09 13:21:42

Index: fileio.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/src/fileio.c,v
retrieving revision 1.580.2.7
retrieving revision 1.580.2.8
diff -u -b -r1.580.2.7 -r1.580.2.8
--- fileio.c    8 Jan 2008 04:30:11 -0000       1.580.2.7
+++ fileio.c    9 Feb 2008 13:21:41 -0000       1.580.2.8
@@ -6630,19 +6630,25 @@
 
   DEFVAR_BOOL ("insert-default-directory", &insert_default_directory,
               doc: /* *Non-nil means when reading a filename start with 
default dir in minibuffer.
-If the initial minibuffer contents are non-empty, you can usually
-request a default filename by typing RETURN without editing.  For some
-commands, exiting with an empty minibuffer has a special meaning,
-such as making the current buffer visit no file in the case of
-`set-visited-file-name'.
+
+When the initial minibuffer contents show a name of a file or a directory,
+typing RETURN without editing the initial contents is equivalent to typing
+the default file name.
+
 If this variable is non-nil, the minibuffer contents are always
-initially non-empty and typing RETURN without editing will fetch the
+initially non-empty, and typing RETURN without editing will fetch the
 default name, if one is provided.  Note however that this default name
-is not necessarily the name originally inserted in the minibuffer, if
-that is just the default directory.
+is not necessarily the same as initial contents inserted in the minibuffer,
+if the initial contents is just the default directory.
+
 If this variable is nil, the minibuffer often starts out empty.  In
 that case you may have to explicitly fetch the next history element to
-request the default name.  */);
+request the default name; typing RETURN without editing will leave
+the minibuffer empty.
+
+For some commands, exiting with an empty minibuffer has a special meaning,
+such as making the current buffer visit no file in the case of
+`set-visited-file-name'.  */);
   insert_default_directory = 1;
 
   DEFVAR_BOOL ("vms-stmlf-recfm", &vms_stmlf_recfm,