GNU bug report logs - #34787
New defcustom to govern TAB completion

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Message #17 received at 34787 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 34787 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34787: New defcustom to govern TAB completion
Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 08:43:02 -0500

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On Sat 25 May 2019 at 08:37, Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> As a quick reminder/TLDR - the proposal is to add a defcustom that
>> governs whether TAB offers completion when hit the first time. The
>> thinking is that if point is in the middle of a word, you may not want
>> completion.
>
> How would it interact with the existing tab-always-indent?  Would it
> make sense to combine them?

The way we have it in ESS currently is that they're two separate
variables. One (our version of tab-always-indent) governs whether TAB
offers completion and another (what I'm proposing adding to Emacs)
governs whether the first press of TAB should offer completion based on
context.

Alex

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