* completing-read
@ 2007-02-19 16:53 John J Foerch
2007-02-19 17:46 ` completing-read Drew Adams
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From: John J Foerch @ 2007-02-19 16:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bug-gnu-emacs
Hello,
The following code exhibits a behavior of completing-read that I would call a
bug. Or am I missing something?
(let ((table '((foo . "you selected foo")
(foobar . "you selected foobar"))))
(completing-read "Symbol: " table nil 'require-match))
The unexpected behavior is that it is impossible to select `foo'.
Thanks,
John Foerch
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2007-02-19 16:53 completing-read John J Foerch
@ 2007-02-19 17:46 ` Drew Adams
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From: Drew Adams @ 2007-02-19 17:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John J Foerch, bug-gnu-emacs
> The following code exhibits a behavior of completing-read that I
> would call a bug. Or am I missing something?
>
> (let ((table '((foo . "you selected foo")
> (foobar . "you selected foobar"))))
> (completing-read "Symbol: " table nil 'require-match))
>
> The unexpected behavior is that it is impossible to select `foo'.
You need to use strings, not symbols, if you use an ALIST second argument to
`completing-read':
(let ((table '(("foo" . "you selected foo")
("foobar" . "you selected foobar"))))
(completing-read "Symbol: " table nil 'require-match))
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