From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12638: 24.2.50; FR: Some suggestions for icomplete-mode Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:28:42 +0530 Message-ID: <87bodsjszh.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87391ieck9.fsf@gmail.com> <87624nsjes.fsf@gmail.com> <87d2yq9dvi.fsf@gmail.com> <87boe995nq.fsf@gmail.com> <87bodykqlx.fsf@gmail.com> <87y5gwfprb.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1355777972 28265 80.91.229.3 (17 Dec 2012 20:59:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:59:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12638@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 17 21:59:46 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Tkhms-0004ZL-BC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:59:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55180 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tkhme-00087g-Rf for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:59:32 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56232) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tkhmc-00087P-6m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:59:30 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tkhmb-0001bi-3Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:59:30 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37381) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tkhj0-0000jw-FP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:55:46 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TkhkD-00049P-LD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:57:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jambunathan K Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:57:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12638 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12638-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12638.135577781315939 (code B ref 12638); Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:57:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12638) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Dec 2012 20:56:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47632 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tkhk3-000490-Fa for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:56:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-f44.google.com ([209.85.160.44]:43183) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tkhjz-00048r-Q2 for 12638@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:56:50 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pb0-f44.google.com with SMTP id uo1so4198309pbc.3 for <12638@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:55:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=ng13fWYqOUF6Bm/teOmTn78hXLx9+jLPgpWvnwnYx1M=; b=VkRC2moKZnIWo1QjLFJntKY/nze5Gup6X4xp2p1tvg7TDxrwqam8sxJpOCrkZjfDpW LbHkaNZynI1bNALPAEWtFfiQ/uWIhq1d+vKaxY9PWG/zDc7t1khn0oZA60ZUUHhZ99bW IjCwRGZMvrUKC3cAAwtKk7ileKd2vPUjIXqQirtGNS+hhcfJSTH3Cwx3fRs4yo3Ua80f FPr9QgjY0NgfXtDHDI105Z63XUQdjr5WXjAihV5m/Z6zL0XBE8eE9BpTmpfxqTbi3YyL l+uU4hAjXKl891hJ67Zol+oGGF22Sax9HDeyCH2tYg2VokpKkHZzLWpmz1WBo/K2wYF1 pRoQ== X-Received: by 10.66.80.202 with SMTP id t10mr77543pax.81.1355777728982; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:55:28 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([101.63.189.10]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id uk9sm8751804pbc.63.2012.12.17.12.55.25 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:55:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:12:40 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:68667 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >>> - Let "" be anywhere in the {...} list rather than only at the beginning. >>> This would seem inconvenient if it's not compensated by some other >>> "Complete, but not unique" marker. Your ^M is one such option. >>> We could also keep an empty () (or []), which is fairly logical and >>> might be vaguely intuitive. >> My vote goes for option 1. > > This one has several sub-options. Which representation for "Complete, > but not unique" do you favor then (taking into account that I don't > think ^M is going to fly)? I will just settle for whatever is chosen by you - empty space within braces is good. How about subtly fontifying the minibuffer contents itself. I mean the whole `field-string', the string that is typed by the user which is /not/ the display overlay. We can also have: 1. an empty space with some background fontification 2. a non-breaking space Both (1) and (2) without surrouding `()'. As a side note: Drew suggested unicode '*'. I went with a control character because: 1. It suggests what my fingers should do 2. Control characters are less like to occur in completions. ps: Is ^M as a literal two character text more palatable than ^M as an escape glyph.