GNU bug report logs - #43440
completion in minibuffer missing initial asterisk

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 05:55:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 46368

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Message #8 received at 43440 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 43440 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43440: completion in minibuffer missing initial asterisk
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:36:41 +0200

On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:54:03 +0800 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> wrote:

> What's the deal? All the completions start with a "*",
> so why doesn't the one being built in the minibuffer have it?

It's not just "*" but any string that all completion candidates share.
I think this is related to the issue raised in bug#38476 (which is a
feature request following on bug#38458).

Steve Berman
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