Re: File dialogs: an attempt at a summary

[Jon K Hellan <hellan acm org>]

Dylan Griffiths <Dylan_G@bigfoot.com> writes:

> Alan Shutko wrote:
> > > Given that all the tab combinations are generally needed for other
> > > tasks, the most promising suggestion for a suitable key combination
> > > is <ctrl>+<space>.
> > You know, it would be nice if the keystroke was user-specifiable.  I
> > just realized that I'd really like M-/ as a completion keystroke
> > (since it matches an Emacs completion method) but I realize that
> > probably wouldn't be good for most people.
> 
> I'd love to have the keystroke reassignable via the advanced dialog
> preferences.
> 
> However, I think the default should be ctrl+/ as I don't recall seeing that
> used anywhere, the location of / is standard,

Is not!

On my Norwegian keyboard, / is Shift+7. Which is why I've remapped
dynamic completion in Emacs to Ctrl+'.'. '.' is conveniently located
here.

So the binding should definitely be customizable.

Jon Kåre