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: Backward completions Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:45:27 -0500 Message-ID: References: <61C01A08-8FB6-4908-B9F1-B9F1CE3E3D92@gmail.com> <20091111212658.GD12012@headley> <87fx8kjosa.fsf_-_@mail.jurta.org> <7b501d5c0911120209x7c8f493fm68fadef6f1311206@mail.gmail.com> <87bpj16pkh.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87tywsz9lb.fsf_-_@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258559156 20859 80.91.229.12 (18 Nov 2009 15:45:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:45:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 18 16:45:49 2009 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 1NAmj0-0000YD-Vl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:45:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39949 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAmj0-0007aL-50 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:45:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAmis-0007Wk-6I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:45:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAmin-0007MW-3a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:45:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59424 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAmim-0007MD-WF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:45:29 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:37327 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NAmim-0005AF-HJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:45:28 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: As4EAMOlA0vO+II8/2dsb2JhbACBTdULhDsEiVc X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,765,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="49597869" Original-Received: from 206-248-130-60.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.130.60]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 18 Nov 2009 10:45:27 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 13193859F; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:45:27 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87tywsz9lb.fsf_-_@mail.jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:47:12 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:117182 Archived-At: > The following patch binds to `minibuffer-complete-backward' > that is an alias of `minibuffer-complete'. But maybe code in > `minibuffer-complete' is so small, so it could be copied to a new > function `minibuffer-complete-backward' (with small modifications) > instead of creating an alias? I'm not convinced it makes sense for backtab to do completion. And we already have M-prior to scroll backward. Stefan