From: Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com>
To: 12916@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12916: 24.2; Completion for "C-x b" does not include current buffer
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:44:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPM58ogXcBv+bXA09+Z_V=2ngsuJPgoo9ddH1_KH8OFwuZcDbA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In older Emacs versions (*), to switch buffer, I could type "C-x b",
followed by a unique prefix of the desired buffer's name, then "TAB
RET". This routine no longer works. Specifically, the completion fails
when the desired buffer is already the current buffer. So before I can
switch, I first have to work out which window is selected and whether
its buffer is the one I want.
In my opinion this was a bad decision, and I think we should go back
to using "B" as the interactive spec for switch-to-buffer. Others
might disagree, so would it be possible to add a custom variable to
control whether the current buffer is included in the list of completions?
(*) (I think the behaviour changed on the trunk in
revisions 86915 and 86916, in April 2008.)
In GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601)
of 2012-08-29 on MARVIN
Major mode: Lisp Interaction
Recent input:
C-x b * s c r a t c h <tab> <tab> <tab> <tab> C-g
M-x r e p o r t - e m a c s - b u g <return>
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-17 15:44 Richard Copley [this message]
2012-11-19 14:22 ` bug#12916: 24.2; Completion for "C-x b" does not include current buffer Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <CAPM58ogCn5hi6qskV9XTqJoqm23fanS661ajPkRdfES6_Hg=-A@mail.gmail.com>
2012-11-19 20:10 ` bug#12916: Fwd: " Richard Copley
2012-11-19 21:32 ` Richard Stallman
2012-11-21 8:14 ` Richard Stallman
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2011-09-25 17:34 bug#9598: 24.0.50; completion goes too far Richard Stallman
2011-09-25 18:47 ` Drew Adams
2011-09-26 1:00 ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-26 6:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-26 10:42 ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-26 11:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-26 21:12 ` Richard Stallman
2022-02-06 0:05 ` bug#12916: 24.2; Completion for "C-x b" does not include current buffer Lars Ingebrigtsen
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