Re: Question about completion behavior

[Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2022 at 03:10:57PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2022 11:11:59 +0100
>> From: Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>
>> Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>>
>> What I propose is:
>>
>> 1. no unique        (shows or update completions)
>> 2. unique common    (complete-common and UPDATE completions)
>> 3. unique candidate (complete and hides completion)
>> 4. unique common but completion is a valid entry (complete-common and hides completion)
>>
>> Is this behavior fine??
>
>Sorry, I don't think I understand what you mean by each of the
>descriptions "unique common", "unique candidate", etc.  And I don't
>want to guess wrongly.  So I cannot answer your question; please
>describe each situation as accurately as you can, to make the
>discussion effective and useful.
>
>Thanks.
>

2. "unique common"

compi<tab> -> compil

And there are other candidates with "compil" prefix (compilation-mode,
compile, etc) but "compil" itself is not a valid one (or exact).

3. "unique candidate"

compilation-mo<tab> -> compilation-mode

And it is the only candidate.

4. "unique common but completion is a valid entry"

magi<tab> -> magit and there are more candidates, but "magit" itself is
already valid (but there is magit-diff, magit-status, etc).