From: Visuwesh via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 49931 <49931@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#49931: 28.0.50; `choose-completion' submits incorrect string when minibuffer content changes after creation of the *Completions* buffer
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:00:59 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <MgjHm5C--7-2@tutanota.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874kbydr7m.fsf@mail.linkov.net>
10 Aug 2021, 12:37 by juri@linkov.net:
>> When one edits the minibuffer content after the creation of
>> *Completions* buffer, `choose-completion' incorrectly submits the wrong
>> string to the command upon selecting a candidate. To reproduce,
>>
>> 1. Start emacs -Q.
>> 2. Type the following key sequence: C-h f emacs- TAB.
>> 3. Type a.
>> 4. Select `emacs-bzr-get-version' from the *Completions* buffer.
>> 5. "user-error: Symbol’s function definition is void:
>> emacs-bzr-get-versiona" is shown in the echo area.
>>
>> What I expected to happen:
>>
>> I expected `choose-completion' to submit "emacs-bzr-get-version" to
>> describe-function, not "emacs-bzr-get-versiona".
>>
>
> The same problem was reported in https://debbugs.gnu.org/34517#14
> that also contains a possible solution, still unimplemented.
>
Thanks for linking me that bug report. I tried searching for similar terms in
bug-gnu-emacs and emacs-devel but the hits were too much for me to go
through them. Stefan's explanation made things clear.
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-07 17:20 bug#49931: 28.0.50; `choose-completion' submits incorrect string when minibuffer content changes after creation of the *Completions* buffer Visuwesh via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-08-08 5:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-08 7:02 ` Visuwesh via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-08-08 7:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-08 7:31 ` Visuwesh via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-08-08 8:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-10 7:07 ` Juri Linkov
2021-08-10 9:00 ` Visuwesh via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors [this message]
2022-03-12 18:49 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-05 18:54 ` Juri Linkov
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