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#16909
24.3; scrolling *Completions* window with tab sometimes chooses a wrong window
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Reported by: Lukasz Pawelczyk <havner <at> gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:49:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: moreinfo
Found in version 24.3
Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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On 28 Feb 2014, at 19:24, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> wrote:
> > The workaround is shown in the emacs.el file, force the other window
> > scrolling to a *Completions* buffer. But this effectively breaks
> > other-window scrolling for anything else.
>
> You mean to set `other-window-for-scrolling' to the *Completions*
> buffer? I think that's what the completions code should do. But why do
> you say that it "effectively breaks other-window scrolling for anything
> else"? IIUC a similar approach is used by `save-some-buffers' and seems
> to work without problems.
I’m saying that the Tab should be able to scroll the *Completions* buffer automatically without setting anything.
And in the use case I showed above it doesn’t.
I just posted this setq line as a workaround. And why does it break? Because if you set it then C-M-v will always try to scroll *Completions* and not regular other-window buffer which is useful sometimes (e.g. while using help, an approach mentioned even in tutorial).
Just forget about the workaround I mentioned. The use-case shows a bug. That’s all.
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Regards,
Havner
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