GNU bug report logs - #6830
widget-complete bad completions in :type 'file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 11:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 6830 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6830: widget-complete bad completions in :type 'file
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:30:30 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> On GNU/Linux, the first overlay in the sorted array happens to be the
> one whose `field' value is equal to the text property, so find_field
> works.  On MS-Windows, the first overlay is the one whose value is
> `completion', so find_field decides that the field begins and ends at
> the same position.  The rest, as they say, is history.

Interesting.  The overlays code should be independent of operating
system.  Any idea what causes the sort order to be different?

Does the problem go away if in

    (let ((minibuffer-completion-table collection)
          (minibuffer-completion-predicate predicate)
          (ol (make-overlay start end nil nil t)))
      (overlay-put ol 'field 'completion)

you also specify a `priority' of (say) 5?
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