GNU bug report logs - #70217
[PATCH] Add substring-partial-completion style

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Message #35 received at 70217 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: 70217 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#70217: [PATCH] Add substring-partial-completion style
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 09:23:04 +0300

> Cc: 70217 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 16:26:32 -0400
> 
> +(defcustom completion-pcm-anchored t
> +  "If nil, the partial-completion style expands at the start of a string.

How can a style "expand at the start of a string"?  This sentence
needs to be reworded to tell the effect of the variable more clear.

> +If non-nil, then expansion at the start of a string only happens
> +if the string begins with a wildcard.

What is a "wildcard" in this context?

This is a user option, so the doc string should be understandable by
users, not just by Lisp programmers who tinker with completion stuff.

Also, this new option should be in NEWS, I think.

Thanks.

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