Ivy
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DanTheDiscloser · 2022-11-17 20:11

I opened a buffer to

`/tmp/abc`

and want to save a copy as

`/tmp/ab`

but don't see any way to have `save-file` accept a string that is a
substring of a file.

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Is there a way to do it?

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franburstall · 2022-11-17 20:26

`C-M-j` (`ivy-immediate-done`) accepts whatever is currently in the
top line.

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loskutak-the-ptak · 2022-11-17 22:38

You can `(setq ivy-use-selectable-prompt t)`, after which the prompt
can be selected. So you would type "ab" and hit `C-p` to select the
exact thing you typed and finally `RET`.

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DanTheDiscloser · 2022-11-17 23:26

Thank you.

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deaddyfreddy · 2022-11-18 00:38

It's described in the docs, and it was asked dozens of times before on
SO/reddit and other resources.