GNU bug report logs - #19468
25.0.50; UI inconveniences with M-.

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Message #170 received at 19468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 19468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19468: 25.0.50; UI inconveniences with M-.
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:36:07 +0300

On 04/27/2015 10:26 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> And btw, there is another confusing difference between these back-ends
> that somehow bubbles up to the UI level: the elisp-mode back-end only
> supports finding multiple matches via completion, and completion, at
> least by default, only finds candidates whose leading substring
> matches what you type.

The substring vs. prefix matching is an interesting distinction. Our 
completion tables only work with prefix matching.

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