Subject: Re: bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:07:25 +0200

>> So implementing a message "[No match, type TAB again for * as 
>> a wildcard]" will keep the traditional behavior just as you want.
>
> No, there are plenty of other annoyances/surprises for users in this new
> behavior, besides the `*' buffer one. I gave two good examples in the report for
> bug #1512, neither involving wildcards or necessarily buffers.
>
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=1512

Asking for another TAB before doing partial completion will solve
both your problems.

-- 
Juri Linkov
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