From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Status of shell-pcomplete integration? Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 11:28:56 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200212031628.gB3GSuS07618@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: <87u1hxstta.fsf@orebokech.com> <843cph3fm8.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <877ket8ifr.fsf@alice.dynodns.net> <84ptsj5z0f.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <873cpf2xs1.fsf@orebokech.com> <84u1hvt7y2.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <87r8czqdu6.fsf@alice.dynodns.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1038932878 28654 80.91.224.249 (3 Dec 2002 16:27:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:27:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18JFts-0007Rv-00 for ; Tue, 03 Dec 2002 17:27:56 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18JG3S-0003ao-00 for ; Tue, 03 Dec 2002 17:37:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18JFvI-0003Fy-00; Tue, 03 Dec 2002 11:29:24 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18JFuu-0002nI-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2002 11:29:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18JFur-0002iY-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2002 11:28:58 -0500 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18JFur-0002gs-00; Tue, 03 Dec 2002 11:28:57 -0500 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id gB3GSuS07618; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:28:56 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Original-To: John Wiegley Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9833 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9833 > > Good. So let's change pcomplete-cycle-completions to nil at the > > same time, to see whether people complain. > > I thought it was suggested that rather than disabling completion > cycling altogether, we should prompt in the minibuffer while cycling > is being done, notifying of how many alternatives are left to > display...? I think the priority is to switch over to pcomplete. To maximize the chances of such a switch being accepted, we should strive to preserve the current behavior as much as possible. The behavior can later on be changed, but at first we should just concentrate on getting pcomplete to behave "like the current code". Stefan