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23.3; Time to use a different binding for completion?

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Message #83 received at 8492 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 8492 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#8492: 23.3; Time to use a different binding for completion?
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:48:34 -0300

> Having said that, no key binding is better than a clever key binding.
> Some uses of completion perhaps don't need a key (as for example many
> uses of code completion, which in other IDEs pop up a list of
> completions by default).

I think this one is a fallacy: popping up the menu may not need a key
binding, but you do need a key binding in order to select something from
that menu.  Admittedly, it changes the problem enough that the solution
may be simpler (e.g. M-n and M-p can be used for that whereas they don't
seem nearly as attractive for completion-at-point).


        Stefan

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