GNU bug report logs - #12221
24.2; shell completion can not handle multiple candidates

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 02:37:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.1

Fixed in version 24.2

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12221: 24.2;
	shell completion can not handle multiple candidates
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:49:05 +0800

On 2012-08-18 10:31 +0800, Leo wrote:
> 1. Emacs -q
> 2. (setq completion-cycle-threshold 3)
> 3. M-x shell
> 4. fu <tab>
>
> In OSX, the last step completes to `fuser' ignoring `funzip'. The
> completion cannot cycle because of the extra ' ' inserted which
> demonstrates one of the failures of completion-at-point as reported in
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/11906.

And of course when this is broken, M-! (shell-command) breaks as well. I
wonder if there is any plan in fixing up completion-at-point for 24.3.
This thing has been implanted in so many places in emacs that when it
breaks it hurts badly!

Regards,
Leo
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