Subject: Re: bug#4699: 23.1.50; lisp-complete-symbol erases text

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:51:00 -0400

>> Put point after "(symbol", hit M-TAB (or M-x lisp-complete-symbol) and
>> in buffer *Completions*  click with mouse-2 on "symbolp".  The buffer
>> looks now as follows:
>> === Buffer *scratch* =======================================
>> symbolp
>> ============================================================
> I hate completion-base-size!

I've installed a set of changes which I believe will finally eliminate
all these kinds of bugs (mostly by replacing completion-base-size by
a new completion-base-position variable).

        Stefan