From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Cc: 46368@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46368: Completion vs. "*" buffer names
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:59:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3966473cc17865863a97@heytings.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wnvgg3ut.5.fsf@jidanni.org>
>
> The problem is emacs prompts with A when it should prompt with B:
>
> [A] Switch to buffer (default *scratch*): scratch*
> [B] Switch to buffer (default *scratch*): *scratch*
>
> There is no basis for emacs to produce A.
>
The basis is that you typed "s" instead of "*s".
>
> Emacs simply makes a mistake, dropping the asterisk at the front.
>
Emacs did not "drop" the asterisk at the front, it did not add the
asterisk at the front. I don't know whether not adding the asterisk at
the front at that point is a bug.
>
> Your tests are biased, in that you are still executing from one of the
> buffers involved.
>
No, the C-x b RET (third line) moves to the *Messages* buffer.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-10 9:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-07 16:52 bug#46368: Completion vs. "*" buffer names 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-02-08 9:59 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09 15:58 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-02-09 21:54 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-10 0:31 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-02-10 9:59 ` Gregory Heytings [this message]
2021-02-10 11:55 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-02-10 12:16 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-10 12:36 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
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