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RE: How to create a directory containing spaces in dired-mode?


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: How to create a directory containing spaces in dired-mode?
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:06:10 -0700 (PDT)

> As for why SPC is used for completion?  In the Unix world, SPC is/was
> used as a separator, rarely/never within a name, so SPC in filenames
> under Unix is/was traditionally rare.

An additional reason, I think, was that hitting the space bar is convenient.

For the same reason, SPC is used in Info to page forward through a manual.



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