From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Teach completion to insert a common prefix
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 13:19:19 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAP_d_8VNCLRoQcvxWDPdLKb8b=8gX9gtXPF3ERh7qYHMhpsk2A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ier7cq6610g.fsf@janestreet.com>
On Tue, 8 Aug 2023 at 03:39, Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com> wrote:
> Example in emacs -Q:
>
> C-h v -matching-lines- TAB
>
> All possible completions for -matching-lines- start with
> list-matching-lines-. So there would be no harm in inserting "list" at
> the start of the completion input. But Emacs does not do this.
It does do that if you put the point at the start of line.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-08 6:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-07 20:38 Teach completion to insert a common prefix Spencer Baugh
2023-08-08 6:19 ` Yuri Khan [this message]
2023-08-09 4:09 ` Pierre Rouleau
2023-08-10 11:33 ` sbaugh
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