* hippie-expand/dabbrev-expand: how to select a previous expansion?
@ 2012-07-19 18:31 Raffaele Ricciardi
2012-07-19 18:05 ` Drew Adams
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From: Raffaele Ricciardi @ 2012-07-19 18:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Hello,
when running dabbrev-expand or hippie-expand, sometimes I accidentally
skip the desired completion. Is there a way to go back to a previous
completion in either command? After looking at the Emacs Manual and at
the source code of hippie-exp.el, and dabbrev.el, I would say there isn't.
Thanks.
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2012-07-19 18:31 hippie-expand/dabbrev-expand: how to select a previous expansion? Raffaele Ricciardi
@ 2012-07-19 18:05 ` Drew Adams
2012-07-19 18:07 ` Jambunathan K
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From: Drew Adams @ 2012-07-19 18:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'Raffaele Ricciardi', help-gnu-emacs
> when running dabbrev-expand or hippie-expand, sometimes I
> accidentally skip the desired completion. Is there a way to
> go back to a previous completion in either command? After
> looking at the Emacs Manual and at the source code of
> hippie-exp.el, and dabbrev.el, I would say there isn't.
AFAIK, there is not. Cycling by repeating `M-/' is pretty primitive, and yes,
AFAIK it only goes forward.
You might try `dabbrev-completion' (`C-M-/') instead of `dabbrev-expand'
(`M-/').
Or if you use Icicles, then in Icicle mode `C-M-/' gives you both completion and
cycling. You can cyle in either order, and you can re-sort or filter the
candidates in various ways. (And you can of course pick any completion
candidate directly, without cycling.)
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2012-07-19 18:31 hippie-expand/dabbrev-expand: how to select a previous expansion? Raffaele Ricciardi
2012-07-19 18:05 ` Drew Adams
@ 2012-07-19 18:07 ` Jambunathan K
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From: Jambunathan K @ 2012-07-19 18:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Raffaele Ricciardi; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello,
>
> when running dabbrev-expand or hippie-expand, sometimes I accidentally
> skip the desired completion. Is there a way to go back to a previous
> completion in either command? After looking at the Emacs Manual and at
> the source code of hippie-exp.el, and dabbrev.el, I would say there
> isn't.
Simple undo seems to work - C-x u
> Thanks.
>
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