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X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x 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:68370 Archived-At: On 12/11/12 8:42 PM, Drew Adams wrote: >>> I think appending, "[Complete, but not unique]????" should >>> serve as a cue that one can simply RET. >> >> You mean we'd display "foo[Complete but not unique]{bar | | baz}"? > > FWIW, in my own code (icomplete+.el), I have a separate user option for the > string that is displayed to indicate an exact match, as opposed to doing this > (in icomplete.el): > > (and most-is-exact > (substring icomplete-separator > (string-match "[^ ]" icomplete-separator))) > > The default value of the option is (string ?\u2605 ?\ ), i.e., a star. See > attached. (The number 5 shown is the total number of completions. In this > particular case all are shown.) Just curious: Why isn't the exact match (represented by the star) separated from the other matches with a vertical bar? -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA