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24.0.97; Error "Not in an editable field" when `M-TAB' in editable Customize field

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.0.97;
	Error "Not in an editable field" when `M-TAB' in editable Customize
	field
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 20:12:39 -0700

emacs -Q
 
(defcustom foo '(current-time-string)
  "@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@"
  :type 'sexp)
 
M-x customize-option foo
 
Type this into the editable field:
 
(current-
 
Then hit `M-TAB'.  You get this inappropriate error message:
 
"Not in an editable field"
 
If completion is not available, the message should say that.  It should
not claim that the field is not editable when it is.
 

In GNU Emacs 24.0.97.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2012-05-16 on MARVIN
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
Configured using:
 `configure --with-gcc (4.6) --no-opt --enable-checking --cflags
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/src
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9/include'
 

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <11562 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#11562: 24.0.97;
	Error "Not in an editable field" when `M-TAB' in editable
	Customizefield
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:52:44 -0700

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From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
To: 11562 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#11562: 24.0.97; Error "Not in an editable field" when `M-TAB'
 in editable Customize field
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2019 10:48:34 -0300

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tags 11562 + patch
quit

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> emacs -Q
>
> (defcustom foo '(current-time-string)
>   "@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@"
>   :type 'sexp)
>
> M-x customize-option foo
>
> Type this into the editable field:
>
> (current-
>
> Then hit `M-TAB'.  You get this inappropriate error message:
>
> "Not in an editable field"
>
> If completion is not available, the message should say that.  It should
> not claim that the field is not editable when it is.

I attach a patch to fix this.

Best regards,
Mauro.

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Message #22 received at 11562 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11562 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#11562: 24.0.97; Error "Not in an editable field" when
 `M-TAB' in editable Customize field
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 03:36:28 +0200

Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> If completion is not available, the message should say that.  It should
>> not claim that the field is not editable when it is.
>
> I attach a patch to fix this.

Thanks; applied to Emacs 27.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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