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: case-insensitive if no insensitive dups? Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:46:03 -0400 Message-ID: References: <002201c8c986$68802b90$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <002501c8c98f$d66552d0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <85lk1f94vr.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85hcc39455.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <000101c8c99c$db56a930$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <000301c8c9a1$486e87a0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <000c01c8c9c2$5131dd80$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212975980 5521 80.91.229.12 (9 Jun 2008 01:46:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 01:46:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Emacs-Devel' To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 09 03:47:03 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 1K5WTO-0006HB-5g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:47:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48082 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5WSa-0002sU-Vd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:46:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5WSV-0002s0-Hs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:46:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5WST-0002rB-OC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:46:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50740 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5WST-0002r4-Ig for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:46:05 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:11629) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K5WSU-0002bW-7i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:46:06 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjICAL8nTEjO+ISodGdsb2JhbACBVJA0ASebNw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,610,1204520400"; d="scan'208";a="22301950" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 08 Jun 2008 21:46:04 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.132.168]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id PHD35104; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:46:04 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id BC9998265; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 21:46:03 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <000c01c8c9c2$5131dd80$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 8 Jun 2008 16:49:39 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:98745 Archived-At: > Here's a crazy idea. > Whenever there are no completion candidates that differ only by case, treat > completion as case-insensitive. Even when the governing variables (e.g. I don't consider myself as crazy, but I've already several times considered doing just that. I haven't tried to code it up yet, tho. Stefan