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29.0.50; shell completion fails to complete filenames

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 51130 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita2 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#51130: 29.0.50; shell completion fails to complete filenames
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:19:07 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>     * lisp/shell.el: Require and use pcomplete.
>>     (shell-dynamic-complete-functions): Add pcomplete-completions-at-point.
>>     (shell-completion-vars): Set pcomplete-default-completion-function.
>>
>> Just leaving pcomplete-default-completion-function alone seems to give
>> better results in shell-mode (after testing very briefly), so I'm not
>> sure why that was added.
>
> It was added because leaving `pcomplete-default-completion-function`
> alone means that the functions after `pcomplete-completions-at-point` in
> `shell-dynamic-complete-functions` are not used any more.

Uhm...  I don't follow the logic at all.
pcomplete-default-completion-function is documented to be applied if
everything else has failed to do completion, isn't it?

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