From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [alinsoar@voila.fr: EVAL and mouse selection in *Completions*] Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:45:15 -0500 Message-ID: References: <17900.56970.398870.121858@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <9cr6s3c9cy.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <45ED2FF7.5000400@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1173192508 16043 80.91.229.12 (6 Mar 2007 14:48:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 14:48:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Glenn Morris , Nick Roberts , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 06 15:48:12 2007 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 1HOaxP-0000ls-4g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:48:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HOawx-0007zq-NW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:47:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HOawl-0007zF-QC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:47:23 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HOawh-0007ye-Sr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:47:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HOawh-0007yb-N4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:47:19 -0500 Original-Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.4]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HOavi-00013D-MX; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:46:19 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([74.12.206.221]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070306144515.ZNUG1673.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home>; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:45:15 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 0E748822D; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:45:15 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <45ED2FF7.5000400@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Tue\, 06 Mar 2007 10\:10\:15 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:67431 Archived-At: >>> Is someone going to install it then? >> >> >> (by "it" I meant Martin Rudalics' patch). > As far as I can tell we now have > - my patch (where the term `try-completion-old' is conflicting according > to Richard) > - your patch > - Chong's patch > If Chong's patch resolves the erasure-from-bob problem for _any_ > completion mode (apparently people never ever used symbol completion and > the recent attention given to partial completion mode is a plain mystery > to me ;-)) we should probably revise your patch and install it. Whichever patch people end up installing, please please pretty please, wrap it in a thick layer of comment explaing the problem it's trying to fix, as well as your best understanding of why it should fix it. Stefan