GNU bug report logs - #36554
27.0.50; Wishlist: `insert-char' should have better completion

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 17:20:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #30 received at 36554 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 36554 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36554: 27.0.50;
 Wishlist: `insert-char' should have better completion
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 23:16:49 +0300

>>> Emacs has a bunch of packages for "intuitive" completion, but apparently
>>> none of the popular ones (like ido) support completion for `C-x 8 C-m
>>> TAB'?  So if you know you want one of the ANGLE letters, it's a bit
>>> difficult to complete to.  So it'd be nice if ido (at least?) supported
>>> substring completion in that command...
>>
>> C-x 8 C-m *ANGLE TAB
>
> That helps, but ido (and friends) do completion based on words, while
> that will also get TRIANGLE, etc...

There is word-based ‘partial-completion’ in completion-styles-alist.
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