GNU bug report logs - #34116
27.0.50; minibuffer-force-complete-and-exit mostly broken

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 13:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

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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Message #40 received at 34116 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 34116 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 34116-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 bug#34077 <34077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, 34077-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34116: 27.0.50;
 minibuffer-force-complete-and-exit mostly broken
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:36:07 +0000

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 4:09 PM Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>
> > But what about this which solves both problems bug#34077
> > and bug#34116?
>
> LGTM,
>         Stefan

Great!

commit b9add0a5a7eddcf80a189c478b39a5cb7a12befe (HEAD -&gt; master,
origin/master, origin/HEAD)
Author: João Távora
Date:   Wed Jan 23 16:30:41 2019 +0000

    Force completion in icomplete with C-M-i, but don't cycle
(bug#34077)

    Cycling after forcing a completion with C-M-i in icomplete can be
    confusing, as it leaves rotated prospects in the minibuffer.  In
C-x
    C-f, for example it is very difficult to understand if the
prospects
    refer to subdirectories of the directory being completed to, which
    happens naturally when the completion is unique; or if they are a
    cycled version of prospects that match the new completion pattern,
in
    case the completion happens to still match other items.

    To resolve this confusion, never cycle with C-M-i in icomplete:
    non-ambiguous cycling can be achieved with C-. and C-,

    The former behaviour can still be restored with:

    (define-key icomplete-minibuffer-map (kbd "C-M-i")
'minibuffer-force-complete)

    * lisp/icomplete.el (icomplete-force-complete): New command.
    (icomplete-minibuffer-map): Bind C-M-i to
icomplete-force-complete.

commit 210e592e55ade154c8d58bd467711fb69368f6cb
Author: João Távora
Date:   Wed Jan 23 16:17:03 2019 +0000

    Avoid cycling in minibuffer-force-complete-and-exit (bug#34116)

    * lisp/minibuffer.el (minibuffer-force-complete-and-exit): Check
    completion-cycling before minibuffer-force-complete.
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