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bug#12331: 24.1; completing-read when COLLECTION has exactly one element
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#12331: 24.1; completing-read when COLLECTION has exactly one element |
Date: |
Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:42:34 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) |
> chosen it deliberately. If nonethless we ask the user what he or she
> wants even though there is only one choice available, it much
> reminds of one of my least favorite operating systems.
The motivation sounds good, but the minibuffer prompt always offers one
more choice, i.e. C-g. So accepting the only choice without prompting
might end up being a bit too eager in some cases.
> But maybe such a scenario is all in all not too common in the world
> of Emacs to justify a modification of completing-read.
I think so, yes. So I suggest you look for callers where that could be
used, and if they are common enough, we could consider adding a special
value of `require-match' which would allow such a short-circuiting.
Stefan