From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5849: 23.1.95; completion-auto-help blocks icomplete-mode Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 07:58:49 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87k4sfi5kp.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <2C116479CF744C2EAAAA4A28CC69F613@us.oracle.com> <87mxxbf8f5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1273478514 13902 80.91.229.12 (10 May 2010 08:01:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 08:01:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5849@debbugs.gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 10 10:01:48 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBNvv-0000ht-6I for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 May 2010 10:01:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35611 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OBNvu-0007DR-GR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 May 2010 04:01:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1OBNRJ-0008Ie-Pv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 May 2010 03:30:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55026 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OBNPg-0007mu-Gu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 May 2010 03:30:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBNNh-000380-Cp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 May 2010 03:28:26 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43853) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBNNe-00037E-Rq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 May 2010 03:26:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBMxC-0001u2-68; Mon, 10 May 2010 02:59:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Leo Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 06:59:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5849 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5849-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5849.12734747377308 (code B ref 5849); Mon, 10 May 2010 06:59:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5849) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 May 2010 06:58:57 +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 1OBMx6-0001tp-T3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 May 2010 02:58:57 -0400 Original-Received: from ppsw-52.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.152]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBMx4-0001tk-Pn for 5849@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 May 2010 02:58:55 -0400 X-Cam-AntiVirus: no malware found X-Cam-SpamDetails: not scanned X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Original-Received: from smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.95.72]:60459) by ppsw-52.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.157]:587) with esmtpsa (LOGIN:sl392) (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) id 1OBMx0-0008Tq-Hd (Exim 4.70) (return-path ); Mon, 10 May 2010 07:58:50 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87mxxbf8f5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:51:10 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 02:59:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:36817 Archived-At: On 2010-04-10 19:51 +0100, Chong Yidong wrote: > "Drew Adams" writes: > >> If your suggestion were to just not show the message [Next char not >> unique] when icomplete-mode is on > > Yes, obviously this is what I meant. Like this: [...] I wonder if it makes sense to always have the message from completion append to the text in the minibuffer. For example, in this case, the icomplete hint will go first and the completion message last. This would seem to fix another problem seen in M-:. When users try to complete while in minibuffer for example when using M-:, it switches to show the completion message and blocks users from seeing the text they are editing in the minibuffer. Leo