From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6459: 24.0.50; completions-format should not have a `nil' choice Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:37:07 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87aaqrksyk.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <2BDC743ACF204E11B180A5EE11AC8B23@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1276959542 18082 80.91.229.12 (19 Jun 2010 14:59:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:59:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6459@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 19 16:59:00 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 1OPzVc-0008CZ-Ge for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:59:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36928 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OPzVc-0000ak-0A for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:59:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59148 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OPzVS-0000Xr-Bv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:58:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OPzVR-0007KR-2L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:58:50 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35242) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OPzVQ-0007KN-Vw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:58:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OPzSl-0006OJ-06; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:56:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:56:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6459 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6459-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6459.127695932024532 (code B ref 6459); Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:56:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6459) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Jun 2010 14:55:20 +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 1OPzS0-0006Nc-D0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:55:16 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out1.starman.ee ([85.253.0.3] helo=mx1.starman.ee) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OPzRx-0006NC-1V for 6459@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:55:14 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx1.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.99.175.cable.starman.ee [82.131.99.175]) by mx1.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2489C3F4180; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:55:06 +0300 (EEST) In-Reply-To: <2BDC743ACF204E11B180A5EE11AC8B23@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:17:50 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:56:03 -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:37866 Archived-At: > (defcustom completions-format nil > "Define the appearance and sorting of completions. > 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. We could remove nil from the docstring and from :type, and change the default value to `horizontal', but I'd still treat nil as `horizontal' internally for compatibility. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/