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From: charles@aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
Cc: 30206@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30206: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion should not complete internal names
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 20:24:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2a7x5d7cm.fsf@aurox.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wvr4d122mchq.fsf@a.muc.corp.google.com> (message from Philipp Stephani on Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:09:05 +0100)

> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:09:05 +0100
> 
> C-h f abbrev TAB
> 
> You'll get completions for internal functions such as abbrev--describe.
> By default minibuffer completions shouldn't complete such internal
> names, as users aren't supposed to use them directly.

How do you define "internal functions", and who says users can't use
them?  If that is indeed true, it should be written in big letters
somewhere.

See also Bug#29876, which is about clarifying the "internal function"
idea.





      parent reply	other threads:[~2018-01-22 19:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-01-22 10:09 bug#30206: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion should not complete internal names Philipp Stephani
2018-01-22 15:12 ` Drew Adams
2018-01-22 15:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-17 20:26   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-01-22 19:24 ` Charles A. Roelli [this message]

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