From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Completion in GUD buffer Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:22:16 -0500 Message-ID: <873bh4lgme.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <17447.7497.809146.303654@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1143429777 6811 80.91.229.2 (27 Mar 2006 03:22:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 03:22:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 27 05:22:52 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FNiJY-0006G8-CP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:22:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FNiJX-0000ud-D2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:22:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FNiJ9-0000uO-B3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:22:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FNiJ7-0000uC-JF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:22:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FNiJ7-0000u5-FX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:22:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.188] (helo=tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FNiKW-0004Hp-Tm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:23:45 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor ([70.55.143.15]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20060327032216.ZOOS28586.tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:22:16 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4A04FD734A; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:22:16 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Nick Roberts In-Reply-To: <17447.7497.809146.303654@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:01:29 +1200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:52077 Archived-At: > A long time back completion in the GUD buffer changed. Previously if you > did something like: > (gdb) b > to complete on all possible locations, when there were too many to fit in > the completion window, you could click on it to explore down and *up*. > (I think you can only go down from outside it). > Now if you click on the completion window you either get an error message: > Wrong type argument: window-live-p, # > or the window simply disappears. > I've traced this change to: > revision 1.294 > date: 2004-04-14 18:57:45 +0000; author: monnier; state: Exp; lines: +185 -195 > Doc fixes. > (comint-last-input-start, comint-last-input-end) > (comint-last-output-start): Give them values. > (comint-arguments): Avoid warning. > (comint-skip-prompt): Use line-end-position. > (comint-backward-matching-input): Rename arg to agree with doc. > (comint-extract-string): Use syntax-ppss. > (comint-dynamic-simple-complete): Delete useless list construction. > (comint-redirect-subvert-readonly): New. > (comint-redirect-preoutput-filter): Use it. > but there are 91 difference between this file and the previous one. > Before I wade through them, I'd like to ask if people agree that this > change in behaviour should be reverted? I'm not sure which change of behavior you're talking about. AFAIK there's just a bug, especially the "Wrong type argument: window-live-p, #". Stefan