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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:27:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 19468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19468: 25.0.50; UI inconveniences with M-.
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:15:55 -0400

>> 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.

While the underlying completion tables indeed only provide prefix
completion, the normal completion UI provides the `substring'
completion style.


        Stefan
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