From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: 23.0.60; doc string of minibuffer-completing-file-name Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:40:47 -0700 Message-ID: <000a01c8a22b$5bdaf9b0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208627360 17655 80.91.229.12 (19 Apr 2008 17:49:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:49:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 19 19:49:55 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1JnEHG-0008EH-34 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:42:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JnEGa-0006iv-3o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:42:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JnEGX-0006id-Iq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:42:09 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JnEGV-0006i7-Tr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:42:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JnEGV-0006i4-RO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:42:07 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JnEGV-0001gP-Av for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:42:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JnEGS-0002u1-8b for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:42:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JnEGN-0001fG-Em for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:42:03 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JnEGN-0001f0-4b for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:41:59 -0400 Original-Received: from agmgw1.us.oracle.com (agmgw1.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.212]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m3JEfjI6009499; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:41:47 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by agmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m3JEJTXm001169; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:41:45 -0600 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt350.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3654624151208616039; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:40:39 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.88.148) by bhmail.oracle.com (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:40:38 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AciiK1sSAZeVlGKDRzusXMe4I6HkTA== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:95463 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:22068 Archived-At: Doc string: "Non-nil and non-`lambda' means completing file names." Is that correct? It doesn't seem so, by looking at the C code (but I'm no expert on that). In Emacs 20 and 21, the "and non-`lambda'" part was not there, and that still seems correct. When would a user or Lisp access show the value as `lambda'? I get the impression that a value of `lambda' is only temporary, within the C code. Shouldn't Lisp code be able to test this simply for nil/non-nil, to see if file-name completion is happening? Also, should this variable be documented in the Elisp manual, along with minibuffer-completion-(table|predicate|confirm)? In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2008-04-04 on LENNART-69DE564 Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/g/include -fno-crossjumping'