Re: Who uses "complete word" (aka SPC) in the minibuffer and how/why

[Bastien <bzg@altern.org>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> As I'm looking at ways to improve the default completion mechanism, I'm
> trying to understand how "complete word" would fit in.  In order to know
> how best to adapt it to some of the situations, I'd like to know how
> it's used.  I personally never use it and always find TAB to be a much
> better choice.

I hardly use it.  

My only use is this one: in org-mode, when trying to refile a headline
under another one, `minibuffer-completion' offers a list displaying all
headlines, with a slash to indicate the hierarchy:

Headline with a title
Headline/Subheadline1
Headline/Subheadline2
Headline/Subheadline3
Headline2/Subheadline2.1
Headline2/Subheadline2.2
Headline2/Subheadline2.3

TAB  after Headline will always offer the complete list, whereas SPC
will jump to the heading "Heading with a title".

-- 
Bastien