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 21:30:14 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87fxjuncc9.fsf@jurta.org> References: <87r63gs1il.fsf@jurta.org> <007301c9704f$3a550ef0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <87sknwkov4.fsf@jurta.org> <001a01c97089$b6902420$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <873afvz5du.fsf@jurta.org> <000901c970e0$799e6a20$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <000c01c970e7$c3bb2d30$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> <87mye3t5hz.fsf@jurta.org> <004001c970f2$810f7440$c2b22382@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 1231357433 18217 80.91.229.12 (7 Jan 2009 19:43:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 19:43:53 +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 20:45:01 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 1LKeKk-0007B3-IW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:44:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44864 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKeJU-0003jT-L9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:43:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKeJO-0003ih-FW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:43:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKeJM-0003gw-MX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:43:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60896 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKeJM-0003gQ-3F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:43:28 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:49880) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LKeJL-0001EZ-Cf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:43:27 -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 n07JhOnV027322; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:43:24 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n07Je56e026308; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:40:05 -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 19:40:05 +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=B1800.123135683924841 (code B ref 1800); Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:40:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1800) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 7 Jan 2009 19:33:59 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from relay03.kiev.sovam.com (relay03.kiev.sovam.com [62.64.120.201]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n07JXtwb024835 for <1800@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:33:56 -0800 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay03.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LKeA6-000N9Z-5C; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:33:54 +0200 In-Reply-To: <004001c970f2$810f7440$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:05:17 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: 5389b9e13478507b5d7b23e4ed053241 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 14:43:29 -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:23892 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:23656 Archived-At: >> > This is not (necessarily) about partial completion. The new >> > feature is that a list of completion methods is used, in >> > order, to try to complete user input. That list is the >> > value of `completion-styles', which by default is `(basic >> > partial-completion)'. >> >> I think we should replace `partial-completion' in the default >> value of `completion-styles' with a new completion method, e.g. >> `confirm-partial-completion'. > > Providing `confirm-partial-completion' as another alternative completion style > is fine, but why make it the default behavior? What's wrong with the traditional > behavior as default? More users will be able to use all the benefits of partial completion without its annoyances. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/