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Re: Who uses "complete word" (aka SPC) in the minibuffer and how/why
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paul r |
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Re: Who uses "complete word" (aka SPC) in the minibuffer and how/why |
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Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:58:36 +0100 |
> I use it with M-x, especially when I want to run a command that is
> shadowed by a shorter one, e.g. customize-variable (shadowed by
> customize) and mail-add-payment-async (shadowed by mail-add-payment).
> At the end of the common part I hit SPC to get completion of the longer
> command.
>
> I could do this with the sequence TAB and '-' too, but that would be one
> extra keypress.
Same here, and I like it. I find it smart to use for completion a key
that is unlikely to make sens as self-insert. And to be honest, - is a
pain to hit on my keyboard.
-- Paul
PS : Attentive reader may have seen a parallel with Tab for completion
in M-: ... :)