GNU bug report logs - #5009
complete-symbol should probably not be bound in global-map

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Message #30 received at 5009-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5009-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5009: complete-symbol should probably not be bound in global-map
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:03:06 -0500

> It fools people into believing there is a useful completion when there
> in fact is none. What use is for example symbol completion in
> css-mode, in php-mode etc?
>
> It is better to tell the truth. Bind it to there-is-no-completion-here
> (in a logic sense of course) in global map. Bind it to something
> useful in major modes.

I've just checked in a change that makes complete-symbol call
semantic-ia-complete-symbol if no tags table is loaded and Semantic is
enabled.  We don't have a Semantic parser for css-mode and php-mode yet,
but hopefully we will in the future.

I'm closing this bug.

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