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bug#28714: Shouldn't minibuffer-complete add a space after sole completi
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#28714: Shouldn't minibuffer-complete add a space after sole completions? |
Date: |
Sat, 07 Oct 2017 10:28:11 +0300 |
> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> <jidanni@jidanni.org>
> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2017 05:54:44 +0800
> Cc: 28714@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> $ touch /tmp/abbbbb /tmp/abbbbbbbbbbbbbb
> Find file or URL:
> / [self-insert-command]
> t [self-insert-command]
> m [self-insert-command]
> p [self-insert-command]
> / [self-insert-command]
> a [self-insert-command]
> b [self-insert-command]
> <tab> [minibuffer-complete]
> <tab> [minibuffer-complete]
> b b [self-insert-command]
> <tab> [minibuffer-complete]
> <tab> [minibuffer-complete]
>
> Now try the same thing in bash outside of emacs.
>
> The user at every moment is aware how many completions there are, and it
> only takes a total of two tabs vs. four in emacs.
"M-x icomplete-mode RET", then repeat your experiment. Which is
better now, Emacs or Bash?
And if icomplete is still not good enough, there's a plethora of
fancier completion packages out there, both bundled and unbundled.