From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Completions in Semantic Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:55:49 +0900 Message-ID: <87zl7o1cl6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87tyxwxq6t.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1255910178 27484 80.91.229.12 (18 Oct 2009 23:56:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:56:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Eric M. Ludlam" To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 19 01:56:08 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 1Mzfba-0003kr-HN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:56:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52867 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mzfba-00079s-7o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:56:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MzfbT-000780-Hc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:55:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MzfbP-00076J-2t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:55:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34554 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MzfbO-00076G-Sn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:55:54 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]:60976) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MzfbM-000354-Ni; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:55:53 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.97.47.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.97.47] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1MzfbJ-0001Wq-Ov; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:55:49 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9BFACDF2E; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:55:49 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <87tyxwxq6t.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:00:58 -0400") Original-Lines: 19 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:116235 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > On a more general note, this is one of the drawbacks to the approach > taken in semantic/complete.el, i.e. trying to reimplement completion. > We've painstakingly ironed out a lot of bugs in the standard Emacs > completion code, and it makes no sense to redo all that for Semantic > unless there's a good reason. (Not to mention inconsistency issues). Yes, and it won't properly respect user customizations of the completion stuff. [I've often felt that semantic was acting "weird" during completion, but it's hard to pin down exactly what the problem is (by the time I realize that it is, I often can't reproduce the offending key sequence).] -Miles -- Vote, v. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.