GNU bug report logs - #1800
23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: rms <at> gnu.org

Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:40:05 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 1800 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:30:14 +0200

>> > This is not (necessarily) about partial completion. The new
>> > feature is that a list of completion methods is used, in
>> > order, to try to complete user input. That list is the
>> > value of `completion-styles', which by default is `(basic
>> > partial-completion)'.
>>
>> I think we should replace `partial-completion' in the default
>> value of `completion-styles' with a new completion method, e.g.
>> `confirm-partial-completion'.
>
> Providing `confirm-partial-completion' as another alternative completion style
> is fine, but why make it the default behavior? What's wrong with the traditional
> behavior as default?

More users will be able to use all the benefits of partial completion
without its annoyances.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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