GNU bug report logs - #34089
27.0.50; Substring icomplete broken for M-x switch-to-buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:12:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: 27.0.50; Substring icomplete broken for M-x switch-to-buffer
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:11:38 +0000

Hi maintainers,

In my newfound icomplete adventures, I've come across a very annoying
bug I just cannot catch:

    Emacs -Q
    M-x icomplete-mode
    M-: (setq completion-styles '(substring)) RET
    M-: (generate-new-buffer "Messages") RET
    C-x b

Now type "M".  The minibuffer suggest the buffer "Messages", but what
about "*Messages"?  Why isn't it considered?

If, instead of "M", I type "essa", then "Messages" and "*Messages*"
_are_ both considered, correctly.

Tracing completion-substring-try/all-completion shows that it is not
being called in the first situation: why???

João
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