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: C-x C-f, Tab (in)completion and visiting the wrong, new files Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:35:58 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1186947382 2014 80.91.229.12 (12 Aug 2007 19:36:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:36:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Development of Aquamacs Emacs , emacs- devel To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 12 21:36:10 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 1IKJEM-0005IU-7N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:36:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IKJEL-0005VA-DF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:36:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IKJEH-0005TG-Gd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:36:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IKJEF-0005Qm-T6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:36:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IKJEF-0005QU-LK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:35:59 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts40.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.97] helo=tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IKJEF-0003zI-8d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:35:59 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([70.55.81.238]) by tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070812193558.OHGV29719.tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net@ceviche.home> for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:35:58 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 4E5E4B408A; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:35:57 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sun\, 12 Aug 2007 11\:22\:23 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (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:76388 Archived-At: > However, what I think should happen in the case you mention, and what > happens by default in Icicles, is that TAB immediately displays > *Completions*, which lets you know that completion is incomplete and lets > you see the matching candidate names of the existing files. That doesn't help. The "TAB RET" sequence is hit much too quickly, as a sort of atomic entity. There's no time for a user like me (and apparently David) to adjust things after the TAB but before the RET. Stefan