From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: completing-read return meta-information? Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:42:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: <86y4g6zcuo.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <7c37cd21-a9e0-48fa-b5a2-a32595c43dda@default> <86twquxnpa.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <861tdrwwhx.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <86oaguv5sp.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <86twqh78n7.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <86a8s67c9a.fsf@stephe-leake.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1443489689 13018 80.91.229.3 (29 Sep 2015 01:21:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 01:21:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stephen Leake Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 29 03:21:22 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1Zgjbd-0006JG-8h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 03:21:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43672 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zgjbc-0003wI-Gz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 21:21:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47612) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZgeJY-000796-6G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:42:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZgeJU-0007fN-Pf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:42:20 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:53736) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZgeJU-0007fJ-LI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:42:16 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0ArEwA731xV/wihxEVcgxCEAoVVuzcJh0sEAgKBPDkUAQEBAQEBAYEKQQWDXQEBBFYjEAs0EhQYDSSIP88jAQEBBwIBH4s6hQUHhC0Fi0STU4ZpjT+BRSOEFCKCeAEBAQ X-IPAS-Result: A0ArEwA731xV/wihxEVcgxCEAoVVuzcJh0sEAgKBPDkUAQEBAQEBAYEKQQWDXQEBBFYjEAs0EhQYDSSIP88jAQEBBwIBH4s6hQUHhC0Fi0STU4ZpjT+BRSOEFCKCeAEBAQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,465,1427774400"; d="scan'208";a="166112785" Original-Received: from 69-196-161-8.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.161.8]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 28 Sep 2015 15:42:16 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 0CA6361769; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:42:16 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <86a8s67c9a.fsf@stephe-leake.org> (Stephen Leake's message of "Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:13:37 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:190465 Archived-At: >>>> I don't want that to be the display string. >> I think that's a mistake. > The user can use `locate-file', if they care about the directories. I still don't see why you're so intent on preventing the user from seeing the real file name. Yes, we want the user to find the file without having to know where it is, but that's quite different from actively trying to hide that location. Stefan