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read-buffer-completion-ignore-case: who would still be looking for m when they typed M?

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Message #19 received at 46781 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 46781 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46781: read-buffer-completion-ignore-case: who would still
 be looking for m when they typed M?
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 19:18:59 +0200

> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Cc: 46781 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, control <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eliz <at> gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 07:38:33 +0800
> 
> retitle 46781 read-buffer-completion-ignore-case: who would still be looking for m when they typed M?
> thanks
> Oops, for the entire bug I meant to talk about
> buffer names, not file names! Sorry.
> 
> read-buffer-completion-ignore-case is a variable defined in ‘C source code’.
> Its value is t
> Original value was nil
> 
> So how did young Dan, usually sharp in the wits, ever make such a
> blunder?
> 
> Well, one day he was innocently looking up in the manual
> (Info-index "read-buffer-completion-ignore-case")
> when the forces of evil linked it to the same place that
> (Info-index "read-file-name-completion-ignore-case")
> goes, instead of seven lines below it!!
> Ever trustful, young Dan didn't notice the Toyota XLE he had intended to
> discuss was now switched for a Toyota XLD, so he ended up discussing
> that instead.

Could you please describe the actual problem you see with
read-buffer-completion-ignore-case?  What did you type, which relevant
buffers existed in the session, what happened, what did you expect to
happen?  I see no relevant information about the issue above.

Or should we close this bug report because there is no problem?

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