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RE: minibuffer-complete inserts extraneous '-' using CVS Emacs
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: minibuffer-complete inserts extraneous '-' using CVS Emacs |
Date: |
Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:32:40 -0700 |
> > In CVS Emacs built on Linux and Windows XP, I see the
> > following behavior from minibuffer-complete:
>
> > 1. Run "emacs -Q" or "emacs -q".
> > 2. Type "C-h f file-p SPC".
> > 3. The minibuffer shows "file--p" even though no
> > function's name starts with that sequence of characters.
>
> But there's no function starting with "file-p" and all the functions
> that match "file.*-p.*" have 2 dashes before the p so they also match
> "file.*-.*-p.*", which is why a second - is added.
IOW, a feature, not a bug (aka bug by design). ;-)
I, for one, would prefer that pcomplete not be mixed in automatically with
normal completion by default (but it's not a biggee).
What is important, though, is that users be informed how to inhibit such
automatic pcompletion and return to the normal behavior.
I guess that user option `completion-styles' controls this: Customizing it to
just (basic), not (basic partial-completion), does the job at least. If so, then
please explain this in the doc string - not just "List of completion styles to
use". And please mention it in the Emacs manual.