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#38992
27.0.60; when enabled, fido-mode seems to break vc-git-grep
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Reported by: waah <at> yellowfrog.io
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 17:47:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Merged with 39407
Found in versions 27.0.60, 28.0.50
Done: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #147 received at 38992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
On 05.02.2020 20:12, João Távora wrote:
> Not exactly. There have been several issues discussed in this report,
> and it's really a problem that the user can't easily input something
> that completing-read would allow.
>
>
> So isn't that a UI deficiency in fido-mode? Mind you I'm calling it
> a deficiency because it can't by definition be a bug. fido-mode is a new
> thing and I _made_ the spec for it. Of course, I like your suggestions
> for improvement (as I have showed here).
It's a bug because it changes icomplete-mode in a way that makes
completing-read fail its contract (which is to demand matching input
when require-match is non-nil) in certain situations.
That, in turn, will create problems in code that calls completing-read
and relies on it fulfilling its contract.
> > Maybe, Dmitry, we could revert to the earlier proposal with the new
> > variable and somehow deprecate/discourage use of the one you're
> > trying to change? That should be safe and bring all the benefits of
> > your change, right?
>
> Yes, we can do that. I'll make the new variable private, so we can rid
> of it quickly on master.
>
>
> Great! Disregard the previous discussion if you want, just do this,
> and move on.
Yup.
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