From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:05:17 -0800 Message-ID: <004001c970f2$810f7440$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> References: <87r63gs1il.fsf@jurta.org><007301c9704f$3a550ef0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com><87sknwkov4.fsf@jurta.org><001a01c97089$b6902420$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com><873afvz5du.fsf@jurta.org><000901c970e0$799e6a20$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com><000c01c970e7$c3bb2d30$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> <87mye3t5hz.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: Drew Adams , 1800@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231352988 895 80.91.229.12 (7 Jan 2009 18:29:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 18:29:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, 1800@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: "'Juri Linkov'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 07 19:30:58 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LKdB1-0003KZ-PQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:30:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35034 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKd9m-0003Xb-0X for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:29:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKd3z-0000LL-9t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:23:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKd3y-0000KL-E6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:23:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52196 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKd3w-0000JT-QV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:23:28 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:51143) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LKd3v-0002lB-Bp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:23:27 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n07INOvS007002; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:23:24 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n07IF4Bo004756; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:15:04 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:15:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 1800 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1800-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1800.12313515333338 (code B ref 1800); Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:15:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1800) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 7 Jan 2009 18:05:33 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from rgminet13.oracle.com (rcsinet13.oracle.com [148.87.113.125]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n07I5UrU003330 for <1800@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:05:32 -0800 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rgminet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n07I64so030130 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 7 Jan 2009 18:06:06 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt707.oracle.com (acsmt707.oracle.com [141.146.40.85]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n07I5KgM026766; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 18:05:21 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:05:19 +0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87mye3t5hz.fsf@jurta.org> Thread-Index: Aclw8VanGVmF1alOTgOlgtQxlTXGyQAAOQ6A X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Source-IP: acsmt707.oracle.com [141.146.40.85] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090209.4964EEE1.02D4:SCFSTAT928724,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:23:30 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:23880 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:23653 Archived-At: > > 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?