From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8492: 23.3; Time to use a different binding for completion? Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:46:13 -0300 Message-ID: References: <87zknuhxl4.fsf@sc3d.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1303218459 25015 80.91.229.12 (19 Apr 2011 13:07:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:07:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8492@debbugs.gnu.org, Reuben Thomas To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 19 15:07:34 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QCAeT-0001mt-0G for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:07:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45951 helo=lists2.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QCAeS-0003F3-G0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:07:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:60752) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QCAeP-0003Ei-Fj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:07:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QCAeN-0005a7-E9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:07:29 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46950) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QCAeN-0005a3-B9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:07:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QCAKc-00025Z-38; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:47:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:47:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8492 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8492-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8492.13032171857975 (code B ref 8492); Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:47:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8492) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Apr 2011 12:46:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QCAK1-00024a-3U for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:46:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QCAJy-00024O-7u for 8492@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:46:22 -0400 Original-Received: from 213-159-126-200.fibertel.com.ar ([200.126.159.213]:39076 helo=ceviche.home) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QCAJr-0007K2-S1; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:46:16 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id ABE7A662B5; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:46:13 -0300 (ART) In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:21:10 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:47:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:45866 Archived-At: >>>> Is it therefore time to admit defeat and find an alternative binding f= or >>>> completion functions, even if it=E2=80=99s an extra binding rather tha= n simply a >>>> different one? >>> TAB can do completion if you (setq tab-always-indent 'complete). >> Thanks for the tip, I'll try that. > The idea is nice, but there is perhaps a problem with the current > implementation: There are many ways to complete in Emacs. It's not the ultimate solution, no. I'm not sure what "other choices" you're thinking of, but I know that for some major modes, mixing completion and indentation via (setq tab-always-indent 'complete) is not really an option (e.g. Python where TAB cycles through various indentation levels). Stefan