GNU bug report logs - #48356
28.0.50; choose-completion discards the suffix after the completion boundary

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Message #16 received at 48356 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
Cc: 48356 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: 28.0.50; choose-completion discards the suffix after the
 completion boundary
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 23:10:11 -0400

> For example when completing a file path "~/emacs/master/li|/calc", where
> "|" is the cursor, and then the candidate "lisp" is selected in the
> *Completions* buffer, the result is "~/emacs/master/lisp/". The prefix
> "~/emacs/master/" is prepended to the selected candidate, but the suffix
> "/calc" is discarded.

Yup.  That's listed under "bugs" at the beginning of minibuffer.el:

    ;; - choose-completion can't automatically figure out the boundaries
    ;;   corresponding to the displayed completions because we only
    ;;   provide the start info but not the end info in
    ;;   completion-base-position.

> ... and the suffix is preserved.

Of course, the suffix should *not* be preserved when the minibuffer was
"r|e-buf".


        Stefan

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