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bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:30:14 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> > This is not (necessarily) about partial completion. The new
>> > feature is that a list of completion methods is used, in
>> > order, to try to complete user input. That list is the
>> > value of `completion-styles', which by default is `(basic
>> > partial-completion)'.
>>
>> I think we should replace `partial-completion' in the default
>> value of `completion-styles' with a new completion method, e.g.
>> `confirm-partial-completion'.
>
> Providing `confirm-partial-completion' as another alternative completion style
> is fine, but why make it the default behavior? What's wrong with the
> traditional
> behavior as default?
More users will be able to use all the benefits of partial completion
without its annoyances.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
- bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion, (continued)
- bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion, Drew Adams, 2009/01/06
- bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion, Juri Linkov, 2009/01/06
- bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion, Drew Adams, 2009/01/07
- bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion, Juri Linkov, 2009/01/07
- bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion, Drew Adams, 2009/01/07
- bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion, Drew Adams, 2009/01/07
- bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion, Juri Linkov, 2009/01/07
- bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion, Drew Adams, 2009/01/07
- bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion,
Juri Linkov <=
bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion, Richard M Stallman, 2009/01/06