From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#36454: 26.2.90; feature request - Insert char by hex tab completion or C-x 8 RET ffe Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:50:06 +0300 Message-ID: <83k1cfy8mp.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87r27016xo.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> <4087f726-f9e7-4bc5-a9b3-7d24d9b7f7c5@default> <2f469306-98d3-8735-4d0d-61aae53321d0@gmail.com> <8a8360df-afe2-4ae8-abac-96e7691f52a6@default> <27479297-ab97-106b-7325-5ac6ef5d0b92@gmail.com> <1981011f-2e19-4f4b-a7ac-8ccd15298b1a@default> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="20241"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: van@scratch.space, 36454@debbugs.gnu.org, mrsebastianurban@gmail.com, larsi@gnus.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 18 11:51:13 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1ho34C-0004xI-Kd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:51:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35922 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ho345-0008Kh-F6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:51:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48887) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ho343-0008Kb-2B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:51:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ho342-0006IO-4f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:51:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:44635) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ho342-0006Hx-0q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:51:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ho341-0007ob-RT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:51:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 09:51:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 36454 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 36454-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B36454.156344342529993 (code B ref 36454); Thu, 18 Jul 2019 09:51:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36454) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Jul 2019 09:50:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53456 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ho33R-0007nh-Al for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:50:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:36249) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ho33O-0007nS-Rr for 36454@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:50:23 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51120) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ho33I-0005fH-GO; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:50:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1653 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ho33H-0004GZ-PA; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:50:16 -0400 In-reply-to: <1981011f-2e19-4f4b-a7ac-8ccd15298b1a@default> (message from Drew Adams on Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:34:36 +0000 (UTC)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:163289 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:34:36 +0000 (UTC) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: 36454@debbugs.gnu.org > > > Because, if yes, then user may get a lot of results, as it was pointed > > out before. > > Have you tried it? > > No, you won't get lots of results. There's little overlap > in general, even if you type only a few chars. Certainly > less than you get with function and variable names, > especially those that have common prefixes. > > You'll typically type little to get to a single candidate. > > Completion of `ffe' gives this (using Emacs 23 for this; > no GIRAFFE): Try "ff" or "fe" for some perspective.