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: Who uses "complete word" (aka SPC) in the minibuffer and how/why Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:37:17 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87zlt4uas6.fsf@freemail.hu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205285852 4008 80.91.229.12 (12 Mar 2008 01:37:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:37:32 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 12 02:38:00 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 1JZFup-0001gU-PW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:38:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZFuH-0003KP-9n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:37:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZFuC-0003GY-Be for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:37:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZFuA-0003D4-Gt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:37:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZFuA-0003Cv-Bo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:37:18 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JZFuA-0000Wh-18 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:37:18 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AugEAJrQ1kfO+JwVUGdsb2JhbACQZgEBJxKXIYEH X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,483,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="15888934" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 11 Mar 2008 21:37:17 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.156.21]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id SEX64817; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:37:17 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 5964B7F05; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:37:17 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87zlt4uas6.fsf@freemail.hu> (Magnus Henoch's message of "Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:59:53 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: 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:92234 Archived-At: > I use it with M-x, especially when I want to run a command that is > shadowed by a shorter one, e.g. customize-variable (shadowed by > customize) and mail-add-payment-async (shadowed by mail-add-payment). > At the end of the common part I hit SPC to get completion of the longer > command. > I could do this with the sequence TAB and '-' too, but that would be one > extra keypress. Do you ever use it elsewhere than with M-x ? Stefan