Re: Easy/Possible to globally change prompt strings of messages? e.g. changing find-file's prompt string from "Find file:" to "open file:" ?

[Christian Seberino]

OK.  Thanks everyone for your help.  I think I'll just get used to "Find 
file" for now. :)

cs
On 02/01/2015 07:55 AM, Michael Heerdegen wrote:
> Christian Seberino <cseberino@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > (define-abbrev-table
> >   'tramp-abbrev-table
> >   '(("d"  "/ssh:cs@philfour.com:/home/cs/Ws")
> >     ("dr" "/ssh:cs@philfour.com|su:philfour.com:/home")
> >     ("w"  "/ssh:cs@services.philfour.com:/home/webwork_custom")
> >     ("wr" "/ssh:cs@services.philfour.com|su:services.philfour.com:/home")))
> >
> > (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook (lambda ()
> >                                    (abbrev-mode t)
> >                                    (setq local-abbrev-table
> > tramp-abbrev-table)))
> >
> > (defadvice minibuffer-complete
> >             (before my-minibuffer-complete activate)
> >             (expand-abbrev))
> I tried this and invoked `find-file-read-args'.  I don't see any tab
> character inserted or being left, I get the expected behavior, with all
> Emacs versions I tried.  Of course I can't connect to your hosts.
>
> But really, all the trouble you may provoke with your hack is IMHO much
> worse than getting used to the "Find file" wording.
>
>
> Michael.