From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: Wanrong Lin <wrglin@gmail.com>,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
39484@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39484: 26.3; try-completion bug
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:42:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zh461yas.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tuuevgl2.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:35:05 +0100")
On Okt 28 2020, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
>
>> On Okt 27 2020, Wanrong Lin wrote:
>>
>>> The answer is not bad, matching at least one of the candidates. That makes
>>> the answer to my original example even more odd:
>>> (let ((completion-ignore-case t))
>>> (try-completion "xyz" '("XyzD" "XyzAbc"))
>>> )
>>> ==> "xyz"
>>
>> That also matches one of the candidates (since case doesn't matter).
>
> It does, but it's weird. I mean, this pair of return values don't make
> sense on any level:
>
> (let ((completion-ignore-case t))
> (try-completion "xyz" '("XyzaD" "XyZabc")))
> => "Xyza"
>
> (let ((completion-ignore-case t))
> (try-completion "xyz" '("XyZbD" "XyZabc")))
> => "xyz"
It makes a whole lot sense. If the candidate is not modified, it
should not receive any case changes either.
Andreas.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-28 9:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-07 15:44 bug#39484: 26.3; try-completion bug Wanrong Lin
2020-10-27 18:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-27 19:08 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-10-27 19:17 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-27 20:17 ` Wanrong Lin
2020-10-27 20:28 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-10-27 20:44 ` Wanrong Lin
2020-10-27 21:21 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-10-28 0:44 ` Wanrong Lin
2020-10-28 0:47 ` Wanrong Lin
2020-10-28 0:57 ` Wanrong Lin
2020-10-28 7:51 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-10-28 9:35 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-28 9:42 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2020-10-28 9:50 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-28 9:56 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-10-28 11:16 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-28 11:44 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-10-28 12:59 ` Wanrong Lin
2020-10-28 14:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-28 15:47 ` Wanrong Lin
2020-10-28 16:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-04-23 13:17 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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