From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7779: Miserable widget completion for type 'directory on w32 Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 00:31:47 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1309732402 19078 80.91.229.12 (3 Jul 2011 22:33:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 22:33:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7779@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 04 00:33:18 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QdVE6-00071A-8D for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:33:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38700 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdVE5-0007pp-9l for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:33:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48128) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdVDr-0007pg-AW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:33:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdVDq-0000e6-6Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:33:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49493) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdVDq-0000e2-4w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:33:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QdVDp-0004Z2-S1; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:33:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lennart Borgman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:33:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7779 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7779-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7779.130973233517486 (code B ref 7779); Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:33:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7779) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Jul 2011 22:32:15 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QdVD4-0004Xz-6G for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:32:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f44.google.com ([209.85.215.44]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QdVD3-0004Xm-2P for 7779@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:32:13 -0400 Original-Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so1927194ewy.3 for <7779@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:32:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=A5AIl58R8aWKbweYy8EVhqoNvJFeDNlsKBB1zdX0E88=; b=YkejcnsN62nNLOhxZ3XzdennoHQfEHlTSIl4ygb927QDSRAs/Phm/1Y+BX7o5IKoFr 77nvNqR3kDtS23CRxGv+d8ydMeHXnob/m6znfmDbUfaBQPyxk6xkdtcFlO46y+WghDuW PNCRALvtsoU+Sz/pBBVUCGnsOLrgebOcfNjI8= Original-Received: by 10.213.114.66 with SMTP id d2mr1572759ebq.102.1309732327109; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:32:07 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.213.7.84 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 15:31:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:33:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:47871 Archived-At: On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 20:52, Juanma Barranquero wrote: > On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 20:48, Lennart Borgman wrote: > >>> It is? Can you show a test case? >>> >>>> - widget-complete is bound to M-TAB. This is by default bound to >>>> Alt-Tab which is not available to applications on w32. >>> >>> But you can use , like you yourself discuss in bug#8256. >> >> Didn't I say that you can't do that? If you use some vi emulation like Viper. > > Could you answer both questions, not only the second one? > > As for that, if M-TAB cannot be reliably used on Windows, and ESC-TAB > cannot be used inside Viper, please propose an alternate binding for > using inside Viper. That might be a good suggestion, but I am not sure. As everyone here no vi has two main states: input and command. Beside that there are the normal Emacs key sequences states during input of key sequences. (The clash between these states is why ESC-TAB can not be used.) For the "command" state the g key is unused. Using it directly would be a waste, but a sequence beginning with g might be good. But I am not very sure of the value of it since using it would require switching to "command" state first. And I think you are most likely to be in "input" mode if you want to do completion. ESC is the only "control char" that I am using of those vi recognize as its own. (The other are less important.) I suggest finding a key sequence in Emacs that does not use M (Alt). TAB by itself seems to be the favorite on EmacsWiki. Maybe use two fast TABs for it by default. And have C-RET as backup?