From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Backward completions Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:01:54 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87lji34tni.fsf@mail.jurta.org> 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 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258572880 8501 80.91.229.12 (18 Nov 2009 19:34:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:34:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 18 20:34:33 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 1NAqII-0003YI-7M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:34:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45695 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAqIH-0000wj-LY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:34:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAqI9-0000tC-SW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:34:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAqI5-0000mv-9X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:34:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47353 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAqI5-0000mU-3R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:34:09 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp-out3.starman.ee ([85.253.0.5]:35546 helo=mx1.starman.ee) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NAqI2-0003Md-Ir for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:34:06 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx1.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.31.20.cable.starman.ee [82.131.31.20]) by mx1.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B22D3F40BF; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:33:58 +0200 (EET) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:45:27 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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:117209 Archived-At: >> The following patch binds to `minibuffer-complete-backward' >> that is an alias of `minibuffer-complete'. But maybe code in >> `minibuffer-complete' is so small, so it could be copied to a new >> function `minibuffer-complete-backward' (with small modifications) >> instead of creating an alias? > > I'm not convinced it makes sense for backtab to do completion. > And we already have M-prior to scroll backward. Actually I rarely scroll a large list of completions using since it's more convenient to switch to the *Completions* buffer and to use normal scrolling keys. So I don't insist on the key. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/