From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Guerry Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Usability suggestion : completion for M-: Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:06:26 +0000 Message-ID: <877ig2xwl9.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: <87ejaei4iz.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87hcf7r7vl.fsf@jurta.org> <003001c886f5$366f4330$0600a8c0@us.oracle.com> <874pb7ikt7.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205698010 22216 80.91.229.12 (16 Mar 2008 20:06:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:06:50 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 16 21:07:19 2008 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 1Jaz8U-0004Zr-Eg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:07:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jaz7u-0003OW-PQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:06:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jaz7p-0003OJ-Ue for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:06:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jaz7n-0003Ns-Pv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:06:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jaz7n-0003Np-Ls for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:06:31 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jaz7n-00015d-7J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:06:31 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so6393394fga.30 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:06:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; bh=HIwbwTo1L/1VhHWBraZKVuIL6DvtUympKbnt3c6w0xQ=; b=uYwsZVSsROw+zrUHJn42oMiz6PBV+pCYteUM5gNYWPunAN6k6BPaUOyb5xipBOgSsKXz0DzaXFtctAGF129zHHsvt5F8EdlyqPyNPDPPu3GyHvEC2U/UzAVwiVT+oVS0CRP0g5nyoLvEs7emit3a6Hpu/JBMwd6Nvc/R2X45cSo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; b=R2P6oJmiK8UEXOWJWS5TOvKUqaQtAJKiOWp6i7pzmtQwx/qEX+Gspc/jePbq+QbbgKqoxM86URRZvoCtSrdRWvE0/boy7Hx9B0NufdV/6i198UFuEzcJQukr7BDFsR78tEuvlizaZzJdnfYQSPxP89G2ufSpcAKrEmS/QVnKzLg= Original-Received: by 10.82.107.15 with SMTP id f15mr34118518buc.39.1205697989467; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:06:29 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from bzg.ath.cx ( [81.99.213.34]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g9sm12065013gvc.4.2008.03.16.13.06.27 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:06:28 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by bzg.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A9659157972; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:06:26 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <874pb7ikt7.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:17:40 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:92770 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: > This is a problem at least for some users. That's why I've rebound TAB > in a Lisp buffer to a function that completes a symbol when point is > at the end of the symbol (and indents the line otherwise). Er... that drops the first concern I raised in the previous email. > I think it is not very useful to complete whole Lisp expressions. > More useful would be to use dabbrev-expand (M-/) to complete symbols > from `read-expression-history' in the minibuffer. +1 -- Bastien