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I have a dired buffer with two files

foo.py
foo_bar.py

Now to rename foo.py to bar.py, if i goto foo.py, press R and type bar.py, helm selection will be like this

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Here helm is selecting the top match from the available file names.

How can i make helm to select the user typed value as the default choice?

Chillar Anand
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  • helm prefers exiting matches, I think this feature is implemented in the function `helm-comp-read--move-to-first-real-candidate`, which will be called in `'helm-after-update-hook`, you can change (advice) that function definition to disable this feature just for `R` in `dired` mode. – xuchunyang Sep 06 '15 at 02:10
  • https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/issues/376 – wasamasa Sep 06 '15 at 09:53

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