GNU bug report logs - #15430
24.3; ido-completing-read is not a replacement for completing-read

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 04:46:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 15430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15430: 24.3; ido-completing-read is not a replacement for completing-read
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 15:19:28 +0800

On 2013-09-21 12:44 +0800, Noam Postavsky wrote:
> Starting from emacs -Q -nw --eval "(setq completing-read-function
> #'ido-completing-read)"
>
> Then M-x gives
> ido-set-matches: Wrong type argument: listp, [gnus-put-display-table
> message-check-news-body-syntax gnus-make-overlay ido-save-history
> message-check-element qp-or-base64 message-insert-wide-reply
> help-xref-url-regexp ido-word-matching-substring gnus-set-file-modes
> ...]

ido-completing-read only accepts a list of strings. At the moment you
have to do the conversion yourself.

Leo
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