From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: completing-read-function variable for completing-read Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:06:11 -0700 Message-ID: <002b01c8a57d$7a4de740$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> References: <004901c8a19f$b9ef5140$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <7dbe73ed0804192323y311f967apd1c0e98d5732abe9@mail.gmail.com> <480AF1A0.8060408@gmail.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 1208981241 29820 80.91.229.12 (23 Apr 2008 20:07:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:07:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Emacs-Devel' To: "'Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)'" , "'Mathias Dahl'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 23 22:07:56 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 1JolFr-0006yH-QW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:07:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54143 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JolFC-0002ls-48 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:07:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JolF6-0002kO-W1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:07:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JolF5-0002im-FH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:07:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47643 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JolF5-0002ic-CS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:06:59 -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 1JolF4-0001i9-Q9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:06:59 -0400 Original-Received: from agmgw2.us.oracle.com (agmgw2.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.213]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m3NK6sZj015817; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:06:54 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by agmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m3N759NP025410; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:06:53 -0600 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt350.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3658494641208981170; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:06:10 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by bhmail.oracle.com (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:06:09 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-reply-to: <480AF1A0.8060408@gmail.com> Thread-Index: AciiuMv79fO9H3zvRZyPn32lliz8hgCw+lbQ 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-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:95856 Archived-At: > From: Lennart Borgman Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:33 AM > > Mathias Dahl wrote: > > It sounds useful to authors of Emacs extensions and might even be > > useful directly for end users, letting them decide what > > completing-read function they feel like using on any particular day. > > I agree. Is there any reason not to add completing-read-function? > > > 2008/4/19, Drew Adams : > >> Got no reponse to this proposal from March. Rephrasing it: > >> > >> How about having `completing-read' just call a > >> `completing-read-function' variable if non-nil? > >> > >> This is the same thing that `read-file-name' does, with > >> `read-file-name-function'. No one has objected to the idea. Could someone please implement this?