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: buffer name completion is case-sensitive now Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:11:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: <002201c8c986$68802b90$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <002501c8c98f$d66552d0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <001701c8c9fc$11392b40$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 1213060328 31763 80.91.229.12 (10 Jun 2008 01:12:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:12:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Emacs-Devel' , 'Richard G Riley' , 'John Paul Wallington' To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 10 03:12:50 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 1K5sPn-0000ay-LG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:12:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58072 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5sP0-0005YB-Aa for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:11:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5sOs-0005Xa-4a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:11:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5sOr-0005XO-Dt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:11:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51694 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5sOr-0005XL-7Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:11:49 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:13157) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K5sOq-0005h8-RR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:11:48 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AiMCAA1xTUjO+ISodGdsb2JhbACBW5A0ASedfQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,615,1204520400"; d="scan'208";a="22344716" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 09 Jun 2008 21:11:48 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.132.168]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id QHV35148; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:11:48 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id C97D38265; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 21:11:47 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <001701c8c9fc$11392b40$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 8 Jun 2008 23:43:02 -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:98832 Archived-At: >> > Well, that's a matter of opinion. The default value of `completion- >> > ignore-case' is nil for all other systems bar MS-Windows. I agree >> > with you that buffer names are another case, in addition to >> > filenames, where MS-Windows systems should do case-insensitive >> > completion. I think that >> >> Given the fact that buffer-names are generally derived directly from >> file-names, I suggest we change read-buffer to obey >> read-file-name-completion-ignore-case. > For the record, I disagree. Duly noted... > I won't repeat all that was said, but some of us have pointed out that > the two kinds of object are different. Buffer names are _not_ > generally derived directly from file names. ...but irrelevant if it doesn't come with more concrete arguments. Stefan