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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 8397@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8397: 24.0.50; defcustom :type face
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:03:19 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y5sh5ku0.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1785F314BBE44370A77F2967B752FFAA@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:45:58 -0700")

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> Prior to Emacs 22, you could simply click the `Select Face' button and
> then use TAB completion to see all faces and choose one.  IOW, that
> button prompted you in the minibuffer for the face name, and hitting
> TAB immediately (no need to type anything) showed you the names of all
> faces.
>  
> Starting with Emacs 22, you must type some text into the face-name
> field, then hit M-TAB.  So you must know some of the face name ahead of
> time, instead of simply seeing all names as a reminder.

I don't see the problem: when the field is blank, M-TAB shows all faces
as completion alternatives.  There is no need to know any face name
ahead of time.





  reply	other threads:[~2012-02-05 16:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-31 17:45 bug#8397: 24.0.50; defcustom :type face Drew Adams
2012-02-05 16:03 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2012-02-05 18:23   ` Drew Adams
2012-02-06 11:30     ` Chong Yidong
2012-02-06 15:23       ` Drew Adams

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