From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1285: 23.0.60; minibuffer-complete and `C-x d' Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:45:13 -0500 Message-ID: <87ej1ot7h2.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> References: <87ej1ozwzv.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 1285@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 1226038230 21636 80.91.229.12 (7 Nov 2008 06:10:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 06:10:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 1285@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 07 07:11:32 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1KyKZ8-0003XG-L7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:11:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51977 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KyKY0-00024d-MN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:10:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KyKXt-00022I-KZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:10:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KyKXp-0001z6-TU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:10:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34269 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KyKXp-0001yo-Cx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:10:09 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:50738) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KyKXp-0002lX-1C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:10:09 -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 mA76A5ns014532; Thu, 6 Nov 2008 22:10:06 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id mA75t47m010205; Thu, 6 Nov 2008 21:55:04 -0800 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:55:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 1285 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1285-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1285.12260367057898 (code B ref 1285); Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:55:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1285) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 7 Nov 2008 05:45:05 +0000 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mA75j2jS007713 for <1285@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Thu, 6 Nov 2008 21:45:03 -0800 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 210E957E0BE; Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:45:13 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:30:01 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:10:11 -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:22202 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >>> When I type `C-x d TAB', where `' is any sequence >>> of characters, then if `' can complete to more than one >>> directory name, then the *Completions* buffer displays only those >>> directory names, but no non-directory file names. But if `' >>> can complete to a non-directory file name, then it does. > >> I think the new completion behavior for C-x d is well-intentioned, but >> too complicated. Hence the user confusion reported here. Stefan: WDYT >> about switching back to the old version of dired-read-dir-and-switches? > > How 'bout keeping the completion behavior as is, but changing the > *Completions* buffer to list all files? How do we do that?