hippie-expand/dabbrev-expand: how to select a previous expansion?

hippie-expand/dabbrev-expand: how to select a previous expansion?

[Raffaele Ricciardi]

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.

RE: hippie-expand/dabbrev-expand: how to select a previous expansion?

[Drew Adams]

> 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.)

Re: hippie-expand/dabbrev-expand: how to select a previous expansion?

[Jambunathan K]

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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Re: hippie-expand/dabbrev-expand: how to select a previous expansion?

[Raffaele Ricciardi]

On 07/19/2012 07:07 PM, Jambunathan K wrote:
> Simple undo seems to work - C-x u

It does. Solved. Thank you.

Re: hippie-expand/dabbrev-expand: how to select a previous expansion?

[C K Kashyap]

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This was a big problem for me too .. for some reason I did not ask ...
knowing that undo works makes me very happy :)

Thanks Jambunathan.

Regards,
Kashyap

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd@gmail.com>wrote:

> On 07/19/2012 07:07 PM, Jambunathan K wrote:
>
>> Simple undo seems to work - C-x u
>>
>
> It does. Solved. Thank you.
>
>

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