GNU bug report logs - #45402
28.0.50; new completion inconvenience

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Message #73 received at 45402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 45402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45402: 28.0.50; new completion inconvenience
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 00:34:12 -0500

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  > Yes, that was something I took into account when I'vge created
  > "/media:". However, people typing "/dev TAB" will also be annoyed,
  > because it could complete to "/dev/" and to "/device:".

I thought about that and concluded that there is little occasion to
enter /dev in a minibuffer in Emacs.  (Have you ever done so?)
So it is a potential problem that won't actually happen, and that makes
it ok.

  > Meanwhile, I'm discussing with myself, whether "/mtp:" is acceptable. It
  > is the superior protocol. I hope I will win the discussion :-)

I see no problem with it.


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