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: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 1800 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#1800: 23.0.60; Changed meaning of * in buffer name completion
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:14:10 -0500

> Trying to switch to a killed buffer that had `*' at the beginning
> of its name (e.g. *grep*) typing `* g TAB' displays a large list
> of irrelevant buffer names.
[...]
>   [No match, type TAB again for * as a wildcard]

Here's another option: only treat * as a wildcard if it doesn't match
anything existing.  I.e. if you have buffers that start with "*", then
"*g" will not treat the * as a wildcard.  To force the use of
a wildcard, we could let the user type "**g".


        Stefan
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