Document changes to file-name completion in minibuffer.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index c701a356da0..504bb2e98a1 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -268,6 +268,12 @@ the actual file name into the minibuffer.
 to the text before point.  If there is text in the buffer after point,
 it remains unchanged.
 
+** When Emacs prompts for file names, SPC no longer completes the file name.
+This is so filenames with embedded spaces could be input without the
+need to quote the space with a C-q.  The underlying changes in the
+keymaps that are active in the minibuffer are described below under
+"New keymaps for typing file names".
+
 +++
 ** M-o now is the prefix key for setting text properties;
 M-o M-o requests refontification.
@@ -4156,6 +4162,15 @@ from which the minibuffer was entered. The return value of
 +++
 ** Enhancements to keymaps.
 
+*** New keymaps for typing file names
+
+Two new keymaps, `minibuffer-local-filename-completion-map'  and
+`minibuffer-local-must-match-filename-map', apply whenever
+Emacs reads a file name in the minibuffer.  These key maps override
+the usual binding of SPC to `minibuffer-complete-word' (so that file
+names with embedded spaces could be typed without the need to quote
+the spaces).
+
 *** Cleaner way to enter key sequences.
 
 You can enter a constant key sequence in a more natural format, the