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#5849: 23.1.95; completion-auto-help blocks icomplete-mode Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:55:58 -0700 Message-ID: <2C116479CF744C2EAAAA4A28CC69F613@us.oracle.com> References: <87k4sfi5kp.fsf@stupidchicken.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 1270922334 19140 80.91.229.12 (10 Apr 2010 17:58:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:58:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5849@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Chong Yidong'" , "'Leo'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 10 19:58:52 2010 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 1O0exH-0006gz-Ha for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:58:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33164 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O0exH-0002MW-3s for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:58:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O0exB-0002LX-PL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:58:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39585 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O0exA-0002Kf-Eg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:58:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O0ex9-0001CA-1M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:58:44 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56114) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O0ex8-0001C1-Vy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:58:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O0ewT-00031i-Ng; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:58:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:58:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5849 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5849-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5849.127092222811621 (code B ref 5849); Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:58:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5849) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Apr 2010 17:57:08 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O0evb-00031O-VL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:57:08 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet12.oracle.com ([141.146.126.234]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O0evZ-000312-TT for 5849@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:57:06 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by acsinet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id o3AHv2gx024109 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:57:03 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt354.oracle.com (acsmt354.oracle.com [141.146.40.154]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id o3AGDWc7023186; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:57:01 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt008.oracle.com by acsmt355.oracle.com with ESMTP id 151059201270922149; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:55:49 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.224.6) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:55:49 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87k4sfi5kp.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Thread-Index: AcrY01IQ3Ei6GvurTT+pK8XcpX7KygAAb4aw X-Source-IP: acsmt354.oracle.com [141.146.40.154] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090206.4BC0BBEE.004A:SCFMA4539814,ss=1,fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:58:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:36167 Archived-At: > > 1. Emacs -q -nw > > 2. (icomplete-mode t) > > 3. (setq completion-auto-help 'lazy) > > 4. M-x w TAB > > > > The message from completion [Next char not unique] will > > block the hint from icomplete mode. > > Maybe completion-auto-help should do nothing if icomplete-mode is on. > What do you think? That would be a terrible idea. That would mean not showing *Completions*. If the value is `lazy' and you see [Next char not unique], that message just lets you know that there are completions; hitting TAB a second time then shows *Completions*. If your suggestion were to just not show the message [Next char not unique] when icomplete-mode is on, that would be different. In that case, OK. Yes, that message is not really needed if icomplete-mode is showing possible completions. But we certainly do not want to suppress display of *Completions* just because icomplete-mode is on. That would be crazy.