From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: jidanni@jidanni.org, 9134@debbugs.gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#9134: don't force mystery on user trying to find out what is completing after the word "ssh" in *shell*
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 04:46:44 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d2ca6941-d59d-48b6-9fa5-28453c028764@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0449ae1f85bbc0076cbfde9b61996660@webmail.orcon.net.nz>
> >> When we hit TAB in *shell* after the word "ssh",
> >>
> >> * there are no messages about where in the world it is getting its
> >> completions. Unlike dabbrev-expand.
> >
> > That is pretty mysterious behaviour; yes. Would flashing a message
> > saying "Looking for host names in ~/.ssh/known_hosts and
> ~/.ssh/config"
> > be helpful?
>
> I think it would be nicer if the *Completions* buffer text explained
> it. i.e. additional information added to this:
>
> "Click on a completion to select it.
> In this buffer, type RET to select the completion near point.
>
> Possible completions are:"
>
> That's mostly from `completion-setup-function'. Perhaps that could be
> made to incorporate text from a new var, which could then be bound
> dynamically in cases where extra context was desirable?
Doesn't the command performing the completion know
this information? Why isn't it sufficient for `C-h f'
for that command to provide the info? I'd think that
if it's not obvious the command's doc should let you
know what things you're completing against.
A priori, I don't think the info should be shown via
a transitory message or by putting an explanation in
buffer *Completions*.
A priori, I think the proper place to explain/describe
the completion behavior (what it does, including what
the possible completions are) is the command's doc.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-14 4:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-20 23:49 bug#9134: don't force mystery on user trying to find out what is completing after the word "ssh" in *shell* jidanni
2019-10-14 1:48 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-10-14 3:32 ` Phil Sainty
2019-10-14 4:46 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2019-10-14 10:49 ` Phil Sainty
2019-10-14 12:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-10-14 14:37 ` Drew Adams
2019-10-14 4:50 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-10-14 5:08 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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