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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
Cc: 47665@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47665: elisp-completion-at-point doesn't work when no characters typed
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2021 22:38:12 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmtu82nhc.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ba77505c-ba8c-6930-ef1c-93d469b8d2e9@yandex.ru> (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Fri, 9 Apr 2021 02:53:29 +0300")

> This patch seems to fix it:
>
> diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
> index 8ade718640..203712f45d 100644
> --- a/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
> +++ b/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
> @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ elisp-completion-at-point
>  	   (end
>  	    (unless (or (eq beg (point-max))
>  			(member (char-syntax (char-after beg))
> -                                '(?\s ?\" ?\( ?\))))
> +                                '(?\" ?\()))
>  	      (condition-case nil
>  		  (save-excursion
>  		    (goto-char beg)
>
>
> But I'm not sure why those elements were there in the first place.

I don't think there was a deep reason.
More of a desire to be on the safe side and only provide completion when
there was some evidence that we were indeed in the presence of an identifier.


        Stefan






  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-09  2:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-08 23:53 bug#47665: elisp-completion-at-point doesn't work when no characters typed Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-09  2:38 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-04-09 22:52   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-09 22:57     ` Stefan Monnier

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