From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "paul r" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Usability suggestion : completion for M-: Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:30:12 +0100 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205429474 11499 80.91.229.12 (13 Mar 2008 17:31:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:31:14 +0000 (UTC) To: "emacs- devel" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 13 18:31:43 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 1JZrGb-0006VI-TB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:30:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZrG2-0007Fv-IN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:30:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZrFx-0007ES-4N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:30:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZrFw-0007EE-8N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:30:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZrFw-0007EB-4C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:30:16 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.154]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JZrFv-0006HB-Q4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:30:15 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so4336777fga.30 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:30:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=M+LIU+IE9M4GYuI9lmiAxdF5q+EXvlphV/JZXJt9UO4=; b=e/1cFGKBJnldXGN9DFbmDQjS3GSwSZ5W2p/xcm5e50gdl2DNvMBsCPNF7Y6a4ZsCW6pGzKINlYALgaK9fo8eMIuw4R1xek0TUmSWyEojn580p8yJXqQFti4LZx7rHcU8h8G8+i//woX4MJ38k7ZwnlM+sXf+PV20ccSbagVo8g0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=jSupfZV9H5AeYjdqdkjq6680ESDXp3RziBK1ikxdj7JEYmK4/BW2lW+Zo49UXq4EhVqjoTeis0KVc5mGrCzrjQnEbFSWyj1n8HIo5e49jHYMRDVQuae/ZIORPanBiIOSuLLP4eGVk/E/f5TyMbnG3rVoZ756nDZNBja+keMuHFw= Original-Received: by 10.82.158.12 with SMTP id g12mr23722401bue.0.1205429413129; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:30:13 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.82.176.6 with HTTP; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:30:12 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline 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:92424 Archived-At: Hello, Emacs seems to have a consistent behaviour regarding TAB and completion, i.e : Almost everywhere, TAB triggers completion when : - indentation does not make sens - tabulation char is unlikely to make sens For exemple, TAB triggers completion in find-file. I think TAB should be bound to lisp-complete-symbol in M-x eval-expression, aka M-: . Hope everybody agree and this will be widely considered as a simple yet positive change. Paul