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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Visuwesh <visuwesh@tutanota.com>
Cc: 49931@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49931: 28.0.50; `choose-completion' submits incorrect string when minibuffer content changes after creation of the *Completions* buffer
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2021 08:14:35 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83tuk0h610.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MgWcMCJ--B-2@tutanota.com> (bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org)

> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 19:20:35 +0200 (CEST)
> From:  Visuwesh via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> When one edits the minibuffer content after the creation of
> *Completions* buffer, `choose-completion' incorrectly submits the wrong
> string to the command upon selecting a candidate.  To reproduce,
> 
> 1. Start emacs -Q.
> 2. Type the following key sequence: C-h f emacs- TAB.
> 3. Type a.
> 4. Select `emacs-bzr-get-version' from the *Completions* buffer.
> 5. "user-error: Symbol’s function definition is void:
> emacs-bzr-get-versiona" is shown in the echo area.
> 
> What I expected to happen:
> 
> I expected `choose-completion' to submit "emacs-bzr-get-version" to
> describe-function, not "emacs-bzr-get-versiona".

You expected Emacs to ignore what you type?  Why?

What you type after TAB is used to narrow the list of candidates when
you type the next TAB, or continue typing after the first TAB
completed some of the name for you.  This is the intended behavior.





  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-08  5:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-07 17:20 bug#49931: 28.0.50; `choose-completion' submits incorrect string when minibuffer content changes after creation of the *Completions* buffer Visuwesh via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-08-08  5:14 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-08-08  7:02   ` Visuwesh via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-08-08  7:14     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-08  7:31       ` Visuwesh via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-08-08  8:19         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-10  7:07 ` Juri Linkov
2021-08-10  9:00   ` Visuwesh via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-03-12 18:49   ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-05 18:54     ` Juri Linkov

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