From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [harder@ifa.au.dk: Speed of all-completions] Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:19:28 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200406151542.i5FFgaG25896@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200406181845.i5IIjuj07569@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1087615228 25061 80.91.224.253 (19 Jun 2004 03:20:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 03:20:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: schwab@suse.de, dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 19 05:20:24 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BbWP2-0001la-00 for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 05:20:24 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BbWP1-0003VW-00 for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 05:20:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BbWQ9-0008CB-MT for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:21:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BbWPz-00088Z-OL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:21:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BbWPx-00087O-RV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:21:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BbWPx-000872-Lb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:21:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BbWOF-0006LS-Dh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:19:35 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1BbWO8-0001GN-PD; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:19:28 -0400 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200406181845.i5IIjuj07569@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:45:56 -0500 (CDT)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:25100 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:25100 It probably is possible to use all-completions and friends in an unusual way (that is, for purposes other than minibuffer completion), where PREDICATE _could_ ask minibuffer questions. _If so_, then we either have to stick with the present version or apply your patch. Let's apply that patch and stop discussing this, so we can spend our time fixing other bugs, or working (for after the next release) on some of the items in etc/TODO, or something else useful.