From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: read-buffer-completion-ignore-case Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 01:29:21 -0700 Message-ID: <001f01c9ce24$c1dfe470$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <002501c9cda9$68ef7360$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com><87k54vhskw.fsf@catnip.gol.com><000e01c9cdf3$b810b720$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com><87zldrgckk.fsf@catnip.gol.com><001201c9ce0d$8370bc30$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <87bpq6d730.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241598656 24437 80.91.229.12 (6 May 2009 08:30:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 08:30:56 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Miles Bader'" , Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 06 10:30:49 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1M1cW8-0007Hu-PO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 May 2009 10:30:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37419 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M1cW7-0004bQ-RO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 May 2009 04:30:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M1cVP-0004Rn-43 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 May 2009 04:29:31 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M1cVI-0004OS-LG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 May 2009 04:29:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48661 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M1cVI-0004OF-Dr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 May 2009 04:29:24 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet11.oracle.com ([141.146.126.233]:26169) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M1cVF-0006uT-O5; Wed, 06 May 2009 04:29:22 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by acsinet11.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n468TX2m019559 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 6 May 2009 08:29:35 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt003.oracle.com (abhmt003.oracle.com [141.146.116.12]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n468TExc025350; Wed, 6 May 2009 08:29:17 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/98.210.250.59) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 06 May 2009 01:29:12 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87bpq6d730.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Thread-Index: AcnOHDWS/FW5HpjPRTi5VXq96mD/mQAAwnNw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Source-IP: abhmt003.oracle.com [141.146.116.12] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090207.4A014A5C.015A:SCFSTAT5015188,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:110717 Archived-At: > > No, nevermind, but thanks. > > Drew, it seems like _every time_ somebody asks you for more > information about what you're doing in hopes of trying to > understand the general problem better, you demure, saying > "never mind what I'm doing, I just _need_ functionality X." No, I never said that I "_need_" this. And I never said "never mind what I'm doing". In fact, I explicitly said that I do _not_ need this, in just so many words. And there is no "what I'm doing" to nevermind - I'm not doing anything. I said I might like such a thing, if it were available. And I later said I realized that it is not too realistic. That is why (and when) I said nevermind - I dropped it; you can too. ;-) There is no special reason for the "Suppose I want to do something...when completion is for buffer names - how can I test that?" (to quote the original query). I just think it might be handy to be able to recognize buffer completion. If you insist "But what are you really trying to do?", there is no answer. I'm not _really_ trying to do anything. There is no hidden motivation or agenda. I simply thought it would be useful to be able to recognize buffer-name completion, just as it can be useful to recognize file-name completion. That was "what I have in mind". That's all. Perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned `read-buffer-completion-ignore-case' at all. My question, from the beginning, was about recognizing buffer-name completion - no more, no less. Anything else was beside the point, which is what I was trying to clarify by saying that it didn't respond to what I was requesting. I accept responsibility for not being 100% clear. I really only had the one question. And I dropped it, afer talking it out and convincing myself that it wasn't realistic. Thinking out loud, I guess. > Of course it requires some effort on your part to describe things, and > there's some risk that the response will be "no, no, you're > approaching the problem all wrong" but it's very hard for Emacs > to develop good general features without information on what is > actually needed... I don't think you need worry about that. When I really need something, or I really think Emacs could use some good general feature I have in mind, I tend to provide more than enough detail wrt the problem/need/feature, as I'm sure you're aware. ;-) Thanks for trying to help; sorry if I wasted your time.