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: Backward completions (was: Vertical completions) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:06:26 -0800 Message-ID: <33D4DB11B8C64C4CBF50DEDCA3CE7932@us.oracle.com> References: <61C01A08-8FB6-4908-B9F1-B9F1CE3E3D92@gmail.com><20091111212658.GD12012@headley><87fx8kjosa.fsf_-_@mail.jurta.org><7b501d5c0911120209x7c8f493fm68fadef6f1311206@mail.gmail.com><87bpj16pkh.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87tywsz9lb.fsf_-_@mail.jurta.org> 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 1258557158 13326 80.91.229.12 (18 Nov 2009 15:12:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:12:38 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Juri Linkov'" , Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 18 16:12:31 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 1NAmCr-0006Nr-W6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:12:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42556 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAmCr-0007Gm-97 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:12:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAm7X-00023Z-Pf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:06:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAm7S-0001xe-G8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:06:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45116 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAm7S-0001x9-5f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:06:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:28892) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NAm7R-00025x-LI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:06:53 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet11.oracle.com ([148.87.113.123] helo=rgminet11.oracle.com) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NAm7R-00073H-1x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:06:53 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet13.oracle.com (rcsinet13.oracle.com [148.87.113.125]) by rgminet11.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id nAIF6ttv005152 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:06:56 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt354.oracle.com (acsmt354.oracle.com [141.146.40.154]) by rgminet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id nAIF6nTf000886; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:06:49 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt002.oracle.com by acsmt355.oracle.com with ESMTP id 434149531258556796; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:06:36 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.5.185.59) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:06:34 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87tywsz9lb.fsf_-_@mail.jurta.org> Thread-Index: AcpoOHQsxAgTFAv0TCaNJHgtxRD8xgAJuIbQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: acsmt354.oracle.com [141.146.40.154] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090208.4B040D86.0157:SCFMA4539814,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by mx20.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:117181 Archived-At: > The following patch binds to `minibuffer-complete-backward' I wish you wouldn't do that - just a wish. is essentially S-TAB. I would prefer that Emacs leave TAB combinations alone, so that users and libraries can make use of them without stepping on standard bindings. FWIW, C-v and M-v make more sense (yes, in the minibuffer too) for scrolling completions than do TAB and .