From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:54:17 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87fxjwnizs.fsf@jurta.org> References: <87r63gs1il.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: Juri Linkov , 1800@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231285426 19018 80.91.229.12 (6 Jan 2009 23:43:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:43:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, 1800@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 07 00:44:57 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LKLbO-0000IJ-Qc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:44:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38117 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKLa8-0001hW-Vn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:43:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKLa4-0001gZ-E4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:43:28 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKLa3-0001g9-NE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:43:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47767 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKLa3-0001fw-Fw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:43:27 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:41565) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LKLa2-000892-R2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:43:27 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n06NhOqW016513; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:43:25 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n06NP3fG011779; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:25:03 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Juri Linkov Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:25:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 1800 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.123128388210476 (code B ref -1); Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:25:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 6 Jan 2009 23:18:02 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n06NHxQr010463 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:18:00 -0800 Original-Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:36344) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LKLAF-0000Wr-7Z for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:16:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LKLBL-0005hi-4H for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:17:57 -0500 Original-Received: from relay02.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.197]:59702) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LKLBK-0005hS-K6; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:17:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay02.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LKLBH-000Nyk-S5; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:17:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:14:10 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: c2436a487120708c9e0f2b31fdd4cc45 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Trusted X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 5467 [Oct 22 2008] X-SpamTest-Info: {received from trusted relay: common white list} X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: white ip list X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Trusted X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: trusted X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0278], KAS30/Release X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) X-CrossAssassin-Score: 2 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:43:27 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:23848 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:23643 Archived-At: >> Trying to switch to a killed buffer that had `*' at the beginning >> of its name (e.g. *grep*) typing `* g TAB' displays a large list >> of irrelevant buffer names. > [...] >> [No match, type TAB again for * as a wildcard] > > Here's another option: only treat * as a wildcard if it doesn't match > anything existing. I.e. if you have buffers that start with "*", then > "*g" will not treat the * as a wildcard. To force the use of > a wildcard, we could let the user type "**g". It seems unlikely not to have a buffer that starts with "*". There are always such buffers as *scratch*, *Messages*, *Completions*. OTOH, "**g" will help, but it has the same drawback as using "\*g" for a literal character *, i.e. it is not as obvious as using a single *. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/