GNU bug report logs - #19474
24.4; icomplete fails to insert character with C-x 8

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Message #14 received at 19474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alexis <flexibeast <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 19474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#19474: 24.4; icomplete fails to insert character with C-x 8
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:19:47 +1100

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Yes, there are.  Icomplete's C-j does not have the same behavior 
> as RET.  If Icomplete treated RET the way it treats C-j then 
> that would mean that you could never input anything that matched 
> a completion candidate, without choosing that match.
>
> IOW, it would remove the possibility of lax completion.

Okay, so then this bug report should be closed, since things are 
"working as designed". Does anyone have any objections to closing?

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