From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Steingold Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: completion problems Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:23:03 -0400 Organization: disorganization Message-ID: References: Reply-To: sds@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1121462858 4234 80.91.229.2 (15 Jul 2005 21:27:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:27:38 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 15 23:27:32 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DtXiI-0002cO-Qb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:27:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DtXk6-00020r-FN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:29:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DtXjY-0001rK-6u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:28:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DtXjU-0001qB-Ix for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:28:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DtXjU-0001pM-8o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:28:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1DtXoQ-0004Gr-Hs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:33:38 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DtXfi-0002Jc-Ny for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:24:38 +0200 Original-Received: from fw-ext.alphatech.com ([198.112.236.6]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:24:38 +0200 Original-Received: from sds by fw-ext.alphatech.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:24:38 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 39 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: fw-ext.alphatech.com Mail-Copies-To: never X-Attribution: Sam X-Disclaimer: You should not expect anyone to agree with me. User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:688XreEZI0T7EW0/uXHs9eiCNgw= 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:40957 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:40957 > * Stefan Monnier [2005-07-15 16:49:56 -0400]: > >> I have 3 files: >> config.h.in >> config.h.in~ >> configure.in > >> C-x C-f c o n TAB > >> ==> completed to "config", cursor right after "g" (correct) > >> then >> . TAB > >> *Completions* buffer pops up with the 3 files above, >> and cursor is now between "g" and "." > > Is this in `emacs -q --no-site-file' ? > The behavior you see reminds me of partial-completion-mode. indeed turning partial-completion-mode off "fixed" the problem. so now we know what is broken - it is partial-completion-mode, not the main completion. (I have had partial-completion-mode enabled for 2+ years and I have not experienced this weirdness until very recently). >> (incorrect, I expected a completion to "config.h.in"). > Why not just "config"? because "config." should complete to "config.h.in" in a directory with 3 files listed above. thanks for your help! -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k There are two kinds of egotists: 1) Those who admit it 2) The rest of us