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From: Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com>
To: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow@gmail.com>
Cc: 19474@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19474: 24.4; icomplete fails to insert character with C-x 8
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 15:33:38 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mvsa9jz1.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHZoxq9duatxgT4b1qjwUOB_orTZdC2VqEwfKMishZD+WTZ3=Q@mail.gmail.com>

Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow@gmail.com> writes: 
 
> * I started emacs with emacs -Q -nw * I turned on icomplete by 
> typing ESC x i c o m p l e t e RET * I attempted to insert my 
> favorite character, "PILE OF POO", by typing C-x 8 RET p i l e 
> RET  * I saw an error in the echo area: read-char-by-name: 
> Invalid character * I did not see my beloved character in the 
> current buffer 

It seems to me that the issue here is that icomplete expects one 
to accept completions via C-j 
(`minibuffer-force-complete-and-exit`) rather than RET (which is 
bound to `minibuffer-exit`). i myself find this behaviour 
counterintuitive, and would prefer that RET also be bound to 
`minibuffer-force-complete-and-exit`, since i would still be able 
to exit the minibuffer via C-g. i wonder if there are people 
relying on RET being bound to `minibuffer-exit`?





  reply	other threads:[~2016-01-13  4:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-30 18:54 bug#19474: 24.4; icomplete fails to insert character with C-x 8 Eric Hanchrow
2016-01-13  4:33 ` Alexis [this message]
2016-01-13  5:39   ` Drew Adams
2016-01-13  7:19     ` Alexis
2016-01-13 15:17       ` Drew Adams
2016-01-22  7:12         ` Alexis

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