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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 9598@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9598: 24.0.50; completion goes too far
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:42:44 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1R88e4-0003QT-GX@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1R84Np-0006Gq-PK@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:09:41 -0400)

    I find arguments about defaults a waste of time.

Defaults are very important issues, because they affect how good Emacs
is for new users.

This kind of completion surprise is something that, by default,
should not happen.




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  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-26 10:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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  1:53     ` Drew Adams
2011-09-26  6:09     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-26 10:42       ` Richard Stallman [this message]
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
2011-09-26  2:45 ` bug#9598: 24.0.50; completion goes too far Stefan Monnier
2011-09-26 10:42   ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-27  2:25     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-27 16:34       ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-11  2:52         ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-11 22:01           ` Richard Stallman
2016-01-31 14:30 ` bug#9598: Status: C-x b completion should also display current buffer Marcin Borkowski
2016-01-31 16:18   ` bug#12916: " Drew Adams
2016-01-31 16:56   ` Eli Zaretskii

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