GNU bug report logs - #12638
24.2.50; FR: Some suggestions for icomplete-mode

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Message #80 received at 12638 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Stefan Monnier'" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
	"'Jambunathan K'" <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12638 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#12638: 24.2.50; FR: Some suggestions for icomplete-mode
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:42:07 -0800

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> > I think appending, "[Complete, but not unique]????" should 
> > serve as a cue that one can simply RET.
> 
> You mean we'd display "foo[Complete but not unique]{bar | | baz}"?

FWIW, in my own code (icomplete+.el), I have a separate user option for the
string that is displayed to indicate an exact match, as opposed to doing this
(in icomplete.el):

(and most-is-exact
     (substring icomplete-separator
                (string-match "[^ ]" icomplete-separator)))

The default value of the option is (string ?\u2605 ?\  ), i.e., a star.  See
attached.  (The number 5 shown is the total number of completions.  In this
particular case all are shown.)

[throw-icomplete-star.png (image/png, attachment)]

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