From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6459: 24.0.50; completions-format should not have a `nil' choice Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:17:50 -0700 Message-ID: <2BDC743ACF204E11B180A5EE11AC8B23@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1276894001 3468 80.91.229.12 (18 Jun 2010 20:46:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:46:41 +0000 (UTC) To: 6459@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 18 22:46:40 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OPiSW-0001tj-5u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:46:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45462 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OPiSV-00006O-Am for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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If the value is `vertical', display completions sorted vertically in columns in the *Completions* buffer. If the value is `horizontal' or nil, display completions sorted horizontally in alphabetical order, rather than down the screen." :type '(choice (const nil) (const horizontal) (const vertical)) :group 'minibuffer :version "23.2") There is no reason for the `nil' choice. Please remove it and make the default value `horizontal'. Occam's razor (KISS) and clarity for users argue for this. In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2010-06-14 on 3249CTO Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/xpm/include'