GNU bug report logs - #70968
29.2.50; choose-completion on an emacs22-style completion deletes text after point

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Message #14 received at 70968 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>, juri <at> linkov.net,
 70968 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dmitry <at> gutov.dev
Subject: Re: bug#70968: 29.2.50; choose-completion on an emacs22-style
 completion deletes text after point
Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 13:40:35 -0400

>> I suggest that the behavior of not deleting the text after point is
>> better.  The emacs22 style takes care to not delete the text after point
>> in try-completion and in completion cycling; we should take similar care
>> in choose-completion.

I agree this inconsistency is a bug.
I suspect it may have been a result of implementation limitations.

A typical use case is

    C-x C-w bar
    ... realize you're not in the right subdir ...
    M-b ?
    ... choose some subdirectory in which you want to save `bar`
    ... Oops, oh no, `bar` has disappeared!

> If making these two ways consistent means we need to change the
> behavior of emacs22 style of completion, then I'm sorry, but we cannot
> do that.  This style is a legacy style, and is there to provide the
> legacy behavior for those who need it.

I'm not sure it's terribly important to preserve this detail of the
behavior of `Emacs-22`.  The `emacs22` style does not aim to provide the
illusion you're running an old Emacs.  I named it that way because
I couldn't come up with a good descriptive name for it.  If it
misbehaves, I don't see a need to be bug-compatible, especially since
this doesn't affect ELisp code but users.


        Stefan

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