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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>, 36745@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36745: 27.0.50; completing-read with require-match nil does not accept spaces
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 20:14:43 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <036a63d2-bc36-4e5e-8de5-e45f4d189469@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86blxoil4q.fsf@protected.rcdrun.com>

> completing-read is not accepting spaces when require-match is nil
> 
> I have discovered I could use C-q SPACE to enter space and get any
> input
> such as "two words"
> 
> (completing-read "Hello: " '("Something here" "more here") nil nil)
> 
> The above function is accepting any input, not just completions, but
> spaces cannot be entered.
> 
> I think that it is not logical if it says "any input" that spaces
> cannot be entered and it is in that sense possible bug.

FWIW: By default, both `?' and `SPC' are
self-inserting for completion in Icicles
(and have been since 2004).

But this is configurable, with option
`icicle-completion-key-bindings'.

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Key_Bindings#MinibufferBindings





  reply	other threads:[~2019-07-20 20:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-07-20 19:03 bug#36745: 27.0.50; completing-read with require-match nil does not accept spaces Jean Louis
2019-07-20 20:14 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2019-07-20 21:02   ` Jean Louis
2019-07-20 21:52     ` Drew Adams
2019-07-20 23:13       ` Jean Louis
2019-07-21  0:04         ` Drew Adams
2019-07-21  7:34           ` Jean Louis
2019-07-20 23:40 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-07-21  7:27   ` Jean Louis
2019-07-21  9:55     ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2019-07-21 19:53     ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-07-21 23:24     ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-07-22  0:03       ` Drew Adams
2022-02-20 15:22       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-02-20 22:24         ` bug#36745: [External] : " Drew Adams
2019-07-21  9:54   ` Basil L. Contovounesios

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