GNU bug report logs - #1266
23.0.60; Cycling between possible completion points in partial-completion-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tassilo Horn <thorn <at> fastmail.fm>

Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:10:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #43 received at 1266 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 1266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Tassilo Horn <thorn <at> fastmail.fm>
Subject: Re: bug#1266: 23.0.60; Cycling between possible completion points in partial-completion-mode
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:42:32 -0700 (PDT)

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

  > >>> Is that possible?
  > >> FWIW the default completion now includes partial-completion-like
  > >> behavior.  So you may want to turn off partial-completion-mode in
  > >> Emacs-23 (you may also want to tweak completion-styles to bring the
  > >> completion behavior closer to partial-completion-mode by removing
  > >> `basic').
  > 
  > > I did that and like the behavior.  It's even better (simpler) than
  > > cycling around.
  > > Is partial-completion-mode going to be removed because of that new
  > > feature?
  > 
  > I think so, but I see no hurry to do that.

Maybe NEWS should make it more clear that partial-completion-mode might
not be needed anymore...
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