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Re: Who uses "complete word" (aka SPC) in the minibuffer and how/why


From: paul r
Subject: Re: Who uses "complete word" (aka SPC) in the minibuffer and how/why
Date: 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-:  ...  :)




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