GNU bug report logs - #10771
TAB completion for info-display-manual

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 06:38:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.0.93

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #6 received at 10771 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10771 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10771: TAB completion for info-display-manual
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:28:18 +0200
tags 10771 patch
thanks

> M-x info-display-manual RET em TAB
>
> I hoped this would offer completion over the manuals in my INFOPATH, but
> it just inserts a literal tab.

This patch offers completion:

=== modified file 'lisp/info.el'
--- lisp/info.el	2012-01-25 17:54:01 +0000
+++ lisp/info.el	2012-02-09 09:27:10 +0000
@@ -4984,7 +4984,13 @@ (defun Info-bookmark-jump (bmk)
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun info-display-manual (manual)
   "Go to Info buffer that displays MANUAL, creating it if none already exists."
-  (interactive "sManual name: ")
+  (interactive
+   (list
+    (completing-read "Manual name: "
+		     (apply-partially 'Info-read-node-name-2
+				      Info-directory-list
+				      (mapcar 'car Info-suffix-list))
+		     nil t)))
   (let ((blist (buffer-list))
 	(manual-re (concat "\\(/\\|\\`\\)" manual "\\(\\.\\|\\'\\)"))
 	(case-fold-search t)





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