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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: `completing-read` without RET
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:45:16 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvbn6keiun.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 0ac94945-fe1d-486f-8668-c2f34167617f@default

> If you hit TAB and there is only one matching candidate, the
> OP wants that candidate to be chosen (returned).

Right, that's why I'm saying "use RET not TAB".  AFAIK (s)he never needs
to use TAB in such completions, always using RET will give h(er|im) the
behavior (s)he wants (either complete, or select the sole completion).


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2016-03-11 22:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-11 11:36 `completing-read` without RET egarrulo
2016-03-11 13:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-03-11 13:36   ` Stefan Monnier
2016-03-11 16:08     ` Drew Adams
2016-03-11 16:50       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-03-11 17:07         ` Drew Adams
2016-03-11 22:45           ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2016-03-11 23:49             ` Drew Adams
     [not found]             ` <mailman.7363.1457740186.843.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-03-12 12:01               ` egarrulo
2016-04-11  9:01 ` Oleh Krehel

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