From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
To: 25441-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25441: 26.0.50; Can't autocomplete symbol names ending in ?
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 18:07:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAArVCkRu_0MH-AUffg+c6xixr2ph-fK1bTvX+bJprzD064GuJg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wvr47f5ybzz8.fsf@a.muc.corp.google.com>
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Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com> schrieb am Fr., 13. Jan. 2017 um
19:04 Uhr:
>
> In *scratch*, write
>
> (defun foo? ())
>
> and hit C-j to evaluate the definition. Then, try to display the help
> screen of foo? using C-h f foo? RET. The minibuffer won't let you enter
> ? or auto-complete foo to foo?, even though ? can be part of a symbol.
>
I've just found that the Emacs manual documents this behavior (? prints a
list of possible completions). Given that ? can only have one function, and
the current one does make sense, this behavior is rather a design choice
than a bug. Closing.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-13 18:02 bug#25441: 26.0.50; Can't autocomplete symbol names ending in ? Philipp Stephani
2017-01-13 18:08 ` Andreas Schwab
2017-01-14 18:07 ` Philipp Stephani [this message]
2017-01-14 19:16 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-01-14 21:29 ` Drew Adams
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