From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Francis Litterio <flitterio@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: minibuffer-complete inserts extraneous '-' using CVS Emacs
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:47:29 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvfxoel0zw.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <i5i6ljy64lwm.fsf@gmail.com> (Francis Litterio's message of "Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:06:35 -0400")
> In CVS Emacs built on Linux and Windows XP, I see the following behavior
> from minibuffer-complete:
> 1. Run "emacs -Q" or "emacs -q".
> 2. Type "C-h f file-p SPC".
> 3. The minibuffer shows "file--p" even though no function's name starts
> with that sequence of characters.
But there's no function starting with "file-p" and all the functions
that match "file.*-p.*" have 2 dashes before the p so they also match
"file.*-.*-p.*", which is why a second - is added.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-05 21:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-05 16:06 minibuffer-complete inserts extraneous '-' using CVS Emacs Francis Litterio
2008-09-05 21:47 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2008-09-05 22:32 ` Drew Adams
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