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: Who uses "complete word" (aka SPC) in the minibuffer and how/why Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:13:21 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205270086 23664 80.91.229.12 (11 Mar 2008 21:14:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:14:46 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 11 22:15:14 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JZBo6-0001Ap-38 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:14:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZBnX-00072h-JD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:14:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZBn5-0006m4-RX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:13:44 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZBn2-0006kt-WA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:13:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZBn2-0006ke-Jg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:13:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JZBn2-0005w4-Eh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:13:40 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1397E2CFA32; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:13:40 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6C433FE0; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:13:21 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 9562D6CAA2; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:13:21 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:92201 Archived-At: The subject says it all. As I'm looking at ways to improve the default completion mechanism, I'm trying to understand how "complete word" would fit in. In order to know how best to adapt it to some of the situations, I'd like to know how it's used. I personally never use it and always find TAB to be a much better choice. Of course, ideally nobody uses it (except some people who happen to like to hit SPC but would be just as well served by minibuffer-complete if it were bound to SPC) and we can get rid of it, but I expect life isn't that simple. Stefan