From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#39484: 26.3; try-completion bug Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:42:51 +0100 Message-ID: <87zh461yas.fsf@igel.home> References: <874kmf1peq.fsf@gnus.org> <87361zbi5x.fsf@igel.home> <87h7qfzdf8.fsf@gnus.org> <87y2jr9zwt.fsf@igel.home> <8fed8748-8331-5ca7-6c91-108c27945bb2@gmail.com> <87tuuf9xgp.fsf@igel.home> <87ft5y3i17.fsf@igel.home> <87tuuevgl2.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32149"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: Wanrong Lin , Stefan Monnier , 39484@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 28 10:44:12 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kXi03-0008Ds-FY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:44:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51956 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kXi02-0004sp-E9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:44:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54712) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kXhyw-0004MD-DA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:43:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:35667) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kXhyw-0007iw-4C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:43:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kXhyw-0001ej-1p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:43:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 39484 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 39484-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B39484.16038781776354 (code B ref 39484); Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:43:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 39484) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Oct 2020 09:42:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47213 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kXhyr-0001eQ-4h for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:42:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:56810) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kXhyp-0001eH-8k for 39484@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:42:55 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CLkC070MFz1rxYS; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:42:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CLkC03Vgxz1qy5x; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:42:52 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ZseCtHyH8j1G; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:42:51 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: ifm93CHL6uPsNI03daOLBf4RqQdMM3G990K5tEmXsPjtAMxv3Zt2IjkiLXxNw0Bq Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-182-148.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.182.148]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:42:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 46DA02C094B; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:42:51 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: I will SHAVE and buy JELL-O and bring my MARRIAGE MANUAL!! In-Reply-To: <87tuuevgl2.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:35:05 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:191833 Archived-At: On Okt 28 2020, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote: > Andreas Schwab 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. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."