From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Current mode command discovery
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:41:15 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1lCyXT-0002qp-Tc@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871rdebmmh.fsf@telefonica.net> (message from Óscar Fuentes on Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:00:22 +0100)
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I have not been following this discussion, and the following
suggestion might have been rejected already, or might have some
obvious flaw. I post it because it sounds like this idea
has not been considered.
It seems that the aim is to help people find M-x commands that make
sense in the current major mode, by excluding from completion those
that don't make sense. If so, why should that interfere with invoking
a command by typing its name?
I suggest making RET let you execute any valid command if you have
entered its exact name.
In addition, if you do completion and the existing input string
matches nothing that is marked as meaningful, I suggest it could
complete based on the commands that are not marked as meaningful.
Another idea: If you have made a listing of possible completions from
names marked meaningful, typing TAB or ? could replace that with a
full list of possible completions (meaningful or not), and each
successive TAB or ? could toggle between the two.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
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2021-02-14 17:19 Current mode command discovery Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-14 17:26 ` Sean Whitton
2021-02-15 3:00 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-14 17:29 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-15 3:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 12:21 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-16 12:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 12:56 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-14 17:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-14 17:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-14 18:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-15 3:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-15 15:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-16 12:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 15:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-16 16:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 17:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-16 18:08 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-02-16 18:12 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 18:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-16 18:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 18:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-16 18:57 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 19:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-16 19:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 19:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-16 20:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 3:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-17 11:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 17:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-18 6:02 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-16 23:32 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-17 15:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-17 16:28 ` tomas
2021-02-17 17:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 19:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-17 19:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 18:00 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-17 19:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 5:41 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2021-02-19 8:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 12:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 22:33 ` chad
2021-02-19 23:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-19 23:19 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-20 7:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 19:43 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-21 17:10 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-20 13:15 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 14:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-22 4:00 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-22 5:27 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-20 19:43 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-19 14:52 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-17 18:32 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-20 11:16 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-17 8:34 ` Robert Pluim
2021-02-17 11:15 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-14 23:30 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-14 19:53 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-14 20:25 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-02-14 21:20 ` tomas
2021-02-14 23:02 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-14 23:30 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-14 21:20 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-14 21:39 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-14 22:07 ` tomas
2021-02-14 23:30 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-14 23:30 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-14 23:30 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-14 23:30 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-14 19:37 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-14 20:00 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-14 20:16 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-14 20:49 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-14 21:56 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-14 23:18 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-14 23:46 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-15 2:26 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-15 0:29 ` Matt Armstrong
2021-02-15 2:45 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 2:20 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-17 11:29 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-17 11:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 16:26 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-17 17:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 22:46 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-18 10:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-18 13:05 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-18 14:06 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-18 17:15 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-19 12:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 12:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 12:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 12:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 12:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 13:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 13:45 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 13:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 14:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 12:35 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-19 12:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 12:52 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-19 12:38 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-17 18:21 ` Matt Armstrong
2021-02-17 18:32 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 22:26 ` Matt Armstrong
2021-02-17 22:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 18:41 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-17 22:28 ` Matt Armstrong
2021-02-20 11:55 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-20 11:49 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-20 14:18 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 14:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 14:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 14:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 14:51 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-20 16:52 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-20 17:20 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-20 17:43 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-20 17:31 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-02-20 20:17 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-20 21:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-20 22:09 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-21 6:15 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-21 15:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 21:43 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-20 22:09 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-20 22:22 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-20 23:53 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-20 21:58 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-02-20 23:53 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-28 12:32 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-28 12:41 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-02-28 17:21 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-20 14:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 15:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 16:17 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-20 19:45 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-21 16:55 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-21 21:39 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2021-02-21 22:46 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-21 12:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 14:57 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 15:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 15:44 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 17:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 17:46 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 18:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-22 14:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-22 15:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 19:45 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-20 14:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-20 14:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 15:37 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-20 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 16:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-20 16:22 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-20 16:23 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-20 16:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 17:25 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-20 17:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 6:18 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-21 15:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 16:54 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-21 16:44 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-21 6:23 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-21 12:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 15:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 15:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 17:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 17:44 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 18:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 18:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 18:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 18:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 19:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
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