From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Minibuffer completion and M- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:58:56 +0200 Message-ID: <44949740.2090502@student.lu.se> References: <449314F2.1040207@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150588762 5281 80.91.229.2 (17 Jun 2006 23:59:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 23:59:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 18 01:59:19 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FrkhA-0004Ws-Fn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:59:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Frkh9-0003VJ-Ue for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:59:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Frkgx-0003T8-54 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:59:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Frkgv-0003PL-70 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Frkgv-0003P5-12 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:59:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [81.228.8.83] (helo=pne-smtpout1-sn2.hy.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Frkqp-0008VN-WC; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:09:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.123.121] (83.249.218.244) by pne-smtpout1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.2.072.1) id 4492EC480003C3BD; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:58:56 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: 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:55974 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: > `' > 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-. > > 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?