From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:07:25 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <873afvz5du.fsf@jurta.org> References: <87r63gs1il.fsf@jurta.org> <007301c9704f$3a550ef0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <87sknwkov4.fsf@jurta.org> <001a01c97089$b6902420$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Juri Linkov , 1800@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231333422 20990 80.91.229.12 (7 Jan 2009 13:03:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:03:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, 1800@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 07 14:04:51 2009 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 4.50) id 1LKY5a-0004A9-Ki for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:04:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55988 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKY4L-00029D-3u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:03:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKY4H-00028t-Qk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:03:29 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKY4F-00028I-4m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:03:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38610 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKY4F-00028E-0d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:03:27 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:41187) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LKY4E-0001HX-Am for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:03:26 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n07D3OtU022359; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 05:03:24 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n07D04Cn021276; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 05:00:04 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Juri Linkov Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:00:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 1800 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1800-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1800.123133265219853 (code B ref 1800); Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:00:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1800) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 7 Jan 2009 12:50:52 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from relay01.kiev.sovam.com (relay01.kiev.sovam.com [62.64.120.200]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n07CoivF019839 for <1800@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 04:50:45 -0800 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay01.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LKXrz-0008MR-4I; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:50:47 +0200 In-Reply-To: <001a01c97089$b6902420$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:35:11 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: b36477657b07eb27dc67b07df918f397 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Trusted X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 6672 [Jan 07 2009] X-SpamTest-Info: {received from trusted relay: common white list} X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: white ip list X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Trusted X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: trusted X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0278], KAS30/Release X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:03:29 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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:23871 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:23650 Archived-At: >> So implementing a message "[No match, type TAB again for * as >> a wildcard]" will keep the traditional behavior just as you want. > > No, there are plenty of other annoyances/surprises for users in this new > behavior, besides the `*' buffer one. I gave two good examples in the report for > bug #1512, neither involving wildcards or necessarily buffers. > > http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1512 Asking for another TAB before doing partial completion will solve both your problems. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/