Re: read-file-name

[Elvin Peterson]

Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> Elvin Peterson wrote:
>  > Thanks.  The default is not an issue when the directory DIR is an
>  > absolute path.  Shouldn't it show up in the read-file-name
>  > documentation?
>
> I don't see any difference in the behavior of read-file-name when DIR is
> an absolute vs. relative path.  If I type RET at the prompt, both of
> these forms return DIR:

Yes, the behavior is the same if you press RET.  However, it is 
completely different for TAB completion, where the first one fails in 
tha absence of the let workaround.

> (read-file-name "Image File: " "images")
> (read-file-name "Image File: " "/images")
>
> P.S. You probably want to use "images/" as DIR anyway -- see
>      file-name-as-directory.

I have done that, although it only seems to make a difference for VMS.