* minibuffer-complete inserts extraneous '-' using CVS Emacs
@ 2008-09-05 16:06 Francis Litterio
2008-09-05 21:47 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Francis Litterio @ 2008-09-05 16:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
In CVS Emacs built on Linux and Windows XP, I see the following behavior
from minibuffer-complete:
1. Run "emacs -Q" or "emacs -q".
2. Type "C-h f file-p SPC".
3. The minibuffer shows "file--p" even though no function's name starts
with that sequence of characters.
--
Fran
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2008-09-05 16:06 minibuffer-complete inserts extraneous '-' using CVS Emacs Francis Litterio
@ 2008-09-05 21:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-05 22:32 ` Drew Adams
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From: Stefan Monnier @ 2008-09-05 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Francis Litterio; +Cc: emacs-devel
> In CVS Emacs built on Linux and Windows XP, I see the following behavior
> from minibuffer-complete:
> 1. Run "emacs -Q" or "emacs -q".
> 2. Type "C-h f file-p SPC".
> 3. The minibuffer shows "file--p" even though no function's name starts
> with that sequence of characters.
But there's no function starting with "file-p" and all the functions
that match "file.*-p.*" have 2 dashes before the p so they also match
"file.*-.*-p.*", which is why a second - is added.
Stefan
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2008-09-05 21:47 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2008-09-05 22:32 ` Drew Adams
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From: Drew Adams @ 2008-09-05 22:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'Stefan Monnier', 'Francis Litterio'; +Cc: emacs-devel
> > In CVS Emacs built on Linux and Windows XP, I see the
> > following behavior from minibuffer-complete:
>
> > 1. Run "emacs -Q" or "emacs -q".
> > 2. Type "C-h f file-p SPC".
> > 3. The minibuffer shows "file--p" even though no
> > function's name starts with that sequence of characters.
>
> But there's no function starting with "file-p" and all the functions
> that match "file.*-p.*" have 2 dashes before the p so they also match
> "file.*-.*-p.*", which is why a second - is added.
IOW, a feature, not a bug (aka bug by design). ;-)
I, for one, would prefer that pcomplete not be mixed in automatically with
normal completion by default (but it's not a biggee).
What is important, though, is that users be informed how to inhibit such
automatic pcompletion and return to the normal behavior.
I guess that user option `completion-styles' controls this: Customizing it to
just (basic), not (basic partial-completion), does the job at least. If so, then
please explain this in the doc string - not just "List of completion styles to
use". And please mention it in the Emacs manual.
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