From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19468: 25.0.50; UI inconveniences with M-. Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:15:55 -0400 Message-ID: References: <83zja6b3tc.fsf@gnu.org> <54A24079.4020902@yandex.ru> <54A2FF47.6010207@yandex.ru> <54A86135.7080004@yandex.ru> <54A90002.7080009@gmx.at> <54A9C3FB.7000602@yandex.ru> <54AA3881.3080304@gmx.at> <54ABBB47.7010603@yandex.ru> <837fszx7iy.fsf@gnu.org> <83r3r5wqwv.fsf@gnu.org> <83k2wxwexb.fsf@gnu.org> <553EB9D7.7010002@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1430176590 32005 80.91.229.3 (27 Apr 2015 23:16:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 23:16:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 19468@debbugs.gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 28 01:16:19 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YmsG8-0005e6-21 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:16:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58062 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YmsG7-00088L-BH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:16:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49632) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YmsFz-000813-GE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:16:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YmsFv-0003Mz-Bn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:16:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:51971) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YmsFv-0003Mr-8H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:16:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YmsFv-0007q6-1a for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:16:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 23:16:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19468 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 19468-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19468.143017655930113 (code B ref 19468); Mon, 27 Apr 2015 23:16:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19468) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Apr 2015 23:15:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41746 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YmsFq-0007pc-Np for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:15:59 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:41806) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YmsFo-0007pT-Nq for 19468@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:15:57 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id t3RNFtIZ004825; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:15:55 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6D28E1E3F; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:15:55 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <553EB9D7.7010002@yandex.ru> (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:36:07 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV5289=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9393 : core <5289> : inlines <2804> : streams <1429692> : uri <1917112> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:102135 Archived-At: >> And btw, there is another confusing difference between these back-ends >> that somehow bubbles up to the UI level: the elisp-mode back-end only >> supports finding multiple matches via completion, and completion, at >> least by default, only finds candidates whose leading substring >> matches what you type. > The substring vs. prefix matching is an interesting distinction. Our > completion tables only work with prefix matching. While the underlying completion tables indeed only provide prefix completion, the normal completion UI provides the `substring' completion style. Stefan