From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: partial-completion-mode and eval Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:30:31 -0400 Message-ID: <877it2l994.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <30269022.199151175016912912.JavaMail.www@wwinf4003> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1175027468 19206 80.91.229.12 (27 Mar 2007 20:31:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:31:08 +0000 (UTC) To: "Emacs Dev \[emacs-devel\]" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 27 22:31:02 2007 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 1HWIJo-0007Mo-RV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:31:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HWIMC-0007Xs-Q8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:33:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HWIM9-0007W9-FM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:33:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HWIM8-0007SG-1K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:33:24 -0500 Original-Received: from south-station-annex.mit.edu ([18.72.1.2]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HWIJj-0005J6-A8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:30:55 -0400 Original-Received: from grand-central-station.mit.edu (GRAND-CENTRAL-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.82]) by south-station-annex.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id l2RKUrno027753 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:30:54 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (OUTGOING-LEGACY.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.104]) by grand-central-station.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id l2RKUWCu023344 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:30:32 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from localhost (MAIN-TWELVE-TWO-FIFTY-SIX.MIT.EDU [18.19.6.1]) ) by outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id l2RKUVxZ006141 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:30:32 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from cyd by localhost with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HWIJL-0004Rg-00 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:30:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <30269022.199151175016912912.JavaMail.www@wwinf4003> (A. Soare's message of "Tue\, 27 Mar 2007 19\:35\:12 +0200 \(CEST\)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.96 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 X-Spam-Score: -2.599 X-detected-kernel: Solaris 9.1 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:68680 Archived-At: A Soare writes: > 1. Emacs -Q > > 2. switch on partial completion mode. > > 3. M-: > > Eval: (fo-ch > > => (fo-char and the point position after fo. > > Now press > > Eval: (forw-char > > => Eval: (forward--char > > There are 2 -- instead of 1. This is why it's a bad idea to add new features during a pretest, even if it looks trivial.