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: Re: Who uses "complete word" (aka SPC) in the minibuffer and how/why Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:58:36 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87zlt4uas6.fsf@freemail.hu> 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 1206125943 23078 80.91.229.12 (21 Mar 2008 18:59:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:59:03 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 21 19:59:32 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 1JcmSe-0008Lb-Tj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:59:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JcmS4-00017Y-Jx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:58:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JcmRv-00013q-Lo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:58:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JcmRv-00013P-11 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:58:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JcmRu-00012y-KG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:58:42 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.158]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JcmRt-0001Pw-VG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:58:42 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so1458175fga.30 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:58:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=m18fjs2KWIdf1Tcz2V7aHutZeEMgPtJHCFCQe0n/0DM=; b=Dm1uOYs6L0FXDipg4sx8gH/lXeIU/LP3b4iyzfNsOCmn3Fr+ZjpnCjcfOV+tdMqmn+scG1gv8CBVjyihQNiEeOEMIxYNiMY7leOkFkaqMns5vpu5UHy9EYMOiRLG4axbsFFjF7t3X+5yDUHlkBi2wdmbc9W6kd80xKjFkCP/CVI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=S4PjVIV68yC0tVKp5YLhxASsOZwrDhnchAJ1NrBTBHGPDjOywbK35n45ruNiTuAVw7qmakKjVa8aEiSmTTq2Qsrh9rQmkS6dN3HrS99stoPM3AAnZD0kly8IRlPpp/uw18ZglvkbNHwVTn/YWzPwFZuwVa8eKDf4tYz0AQUyQvc= Original-Received: by 10.82.175.17 with SMTP id x17mr8196564bue.19.1206125916181; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:58:36 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.82.175.3 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:58:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87zlt4uas6.fsf@freemail.hu> 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:93136 Archived-At: > I use it with M-x, especially when I want to run a command that is > shadowed by a shorter one, e.g. customize-variable (shadowed by > customize) and mail-add-payment-async (shadowed by mail-add-payment). > At the end of the common part I hit SPC to get completion of the longer > command. > > I could do this with the sequence TAB and '-' too, but that would be one > extra keypress. Same here, and I like it. I find it smart to use for completion a key that is unlikely to make sens as self-insert. And to be honest, - is a pain to hit on my keyboard. -- Paul PS : Attentive reader may have seen a parallel with Tab for completion in M-: ... :)