bug#10062: 24.0.91; completions-first-difference

[Stefan Monnier]

> I propose the attached patch following your advice i.e. strip faces when
> used for completion. Could you take a look at it? Thanks.

Rather than prevent faces from being added, I installed a patch which
strips them before insertion.


        Stefan


--- lisp/minibuffer.el  2012-01-05 09:46:05 +0000
+++ lisp/minibuffer.el  2012-01-16 15:41:07 +0000
@@ -571,6 +571,10 @@
 (defun completion--replace (beg end newtext)
   "Replace the buffer text between BEG and END with NEWTEXT.
 Moves point to the end of the new text."
+  ;; The properties on `newtext' include things like
+  ;; completions-first-difference, which we don't want to include
+  ;; upon insertion.
+  (set-text-properties 0 (length newtext) nil newtext)
   ;; Maybe this should be in subr.el.
   ;; You'd think this is trivial to do, but details matter if you want
   ;; to keep markers "at the right place" and be robust in the face of