From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: completing-read-function variable for completing-read Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 02:52:57 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <8763tws4hi.fsf@jurta.org> References: <004901c8a19f$b9ef5140$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <7dbe73ed0804192323y311f967apd1c0e98d5732abe9@mail.gmail.com> <480AF1A0.8060408@gmail.com> <002b01c8a57d$7a4de740$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> <004401c8ac61$c29c0870$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209772615 15761 80.91.229.12 (2 May 2008 23:56:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 23:56:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 03 01:57:30 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Js585-00006j-Hm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 May 2008 01:57:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44931 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Js57O-0006wm-7A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 19:56:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Js561-0006HM-Px for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 19:55:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Js560-0006Gz-Fl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 19:55:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53709 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Js560-0006Gt-8Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 19:55:20 -0400 Original-Received: from relay01.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.200]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Js55z-0006sK-PJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 19:55:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay01.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Js55x-000PLc-A7; Sat, 03 May 2008 02:55:17 +0300 In-Reply-To: <004401c8ac61$c29c0870$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 2 May 2008 07:35:24 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: 8abf2c83e696415c40c55866f9369f42 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 2750 [May 02 2008] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0278], KAS30/Release X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.8-5.1 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) 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:96357 Archived-At: >> > >> 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'. >> > > >> > > 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? >> >> No one has objected to the idea. >> Could someone please implement this? > > Any news on this? Let's wait when Stefan moves completing-read to minibuffer.el and then just add (if completing-read-function (funcall completing-read-function ;-) -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/