From: Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com>
To: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: 'Emacs-Devel' <emacs-devel@gnu.org>,
'Richard G Riley' <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com>,
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
'John Paul Wallington' <jpw@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: buffer name completion is case-sensitive now
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:19:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nwskzdc1h.fsf@richardriley.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85lk1f94vr.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:08:08 +0200")
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
> "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>
>> This changes long-standing standard Emacs behavior. It should be
>> reverted.
>
> Everything except bug fixes changes long-standing standard Emacs
> behavior. Actually, even bug fixes do...
>
>> "Probably"? That has been the behavior for decades. How can it be
>> changed willy-nilly, with no discussion?
>
> A rant is not a discussion.
With all due respect, this is quite a fundamental change to the way a
major emacs UI component works. It should remain case insensitive IMO
and Drew's comments were hardly a rant.
Keep up the good work folks - emacs is a wonderful environment.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-08 18:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-08 16:40 buffer name completion is case-sensitive now Drew Adams
2008-06-08 17:29 ` John Paul Wallington
2008-06-08 17:48 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-08 18:08 ` David Kastrup
2008-06-08 18:19 ` Richard G Riley [this message]
2008-06-08 18:29 ` David Kastrup
2008-06-08 18:32 ` Richard G Riley
2008-06-08 19:03 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-08 19:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-06-08 19:55 ` Richard G Riley
2008-06-08 18:32 ` İsmail Dönmez
2008-06-08 18:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-06-08 18:24 ` David Kastrup
2008-06-08 19:21 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-08 19:53 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-08 21:21 ` John Paul Wallington
2008-06-08 23:49 ` case-insensitive if no insensitive dups? Drew Adams
2008-06-09 0:01 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-09 1:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-09 6:38 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-08 18:13 ` buffer name completion is case-sensitive now Miles Bader
2008-06-08 18:22 ` Óscar Fuentes
2008-06-08 19:01 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-08 19:20 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-08 18:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-06-08 19:21 ` John Paul Wallington
2008-06-08 19:38 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-08 21:01 ` Óscar Fuentes
2008-06-08 21:15 ` Óscar Fuentes
2008-06-08 20:51 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-06-09 1:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-09 6:43 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-10 1:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-10 1:29 ` Richard G Riley
2008-06-10 2:39 ` Stefan Monnier
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