* Minibuffer completion and M-<TAB>
@ 2006-06-16 20:30 Lennart Borgman
2006-06-17 17:57 ` Richard Stallman
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman @ 2006-06-16 20:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
The manual node "(emacs) Completion Commands" (9.3.2) says that
`<TAB>'
Complete the text before point in the minibuffer as much as
possible (`minibuffer-complete').
This is not true always. At the M-: prompt you have to use M-<TAB>.
I would prefer to also be able use <TAB> for completion there. However
currently I think the manual should mention Symbol Completion here.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* Re: Minibuffer completion and M-<TAB> 2006-06-16 20:30 Minibuffer completion and M-<TAB> Lennart Borgman @ 2006-06-17 17:57 ` Richard Stallman 2006-06-17 23:58 ` Lennart Borgman 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Richard Stallman @ 2006-06-17 17:57 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: emacs-devel `<TAB>' Complete the text before point in the minibuffer as much as possible (`minibuffer-complete'). This is not true always. At the M-: prompt you have to use M-<TAB>. I think that is a misunderstanding. The M-TAB command is something else. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Minibuffer completion and M-<TAB> 2006-06-17 17:57 ` Richard Stallman @ 2006-06-17 23:58 ` Lennart Borgman 2006-06-18 16:26 ` Richard Stallman 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Lennart Borgman @ 2006-06-17 23:58 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: emacs-devel Richard Stallman wrote: > `<TAB>' > Complete the text before point in the minibuffer as much as > possible (`minibuffer-complete'). > > This is not true always. At the M-: prompt you have to use M-<TAB>. > > I think that is a misunderstanding. The M-TAB command is > something else. > I believe I know the difference, but still I often try to complete symbols in the minibuffer with just TAB. And this help text seems to imply it should, doesn't it? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Minibuffer completion and M-<TAB> 2006-06-17 23:58 ` Lennart Borgman @ 2006-06-18 16:26 ` Richard Stallman 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Richard Stallman @ 2006-06-18 16:26 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: emacs-devel I believe I know the difference, but still I often try to complete symbols in the minibuffer with just TAB. And this help text seems to imply it should, doesn't it? TAB is for completing _a minibuffer argument_. M-TAB completes a Lisp symbol, which in this cases can occur within a minibuffer argument, but completing a symbol is not the same thing as completing a minibuffer argument. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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