Re: [RP] Re: Completion

[Doug Kearns]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 08:45:27PM -0700, Shawn Betts wrote:
> Henrik Enberg <address@hidden> writes:

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> > > Indeed, tab completion can be very useful!
> 
> It can??

You don't find it generally useful? Or is this an RP specific remark?

> Tell me, how often do you need to tab complete commands? What
> sort of commands are you people using? Speaking for myself I rarely
> type any commands except in my .ratpoisonrc file. All the frequently
> used commands are bound to keystrokes and if they aren't you can bind
> them. I really don't see why we need to tab complete command names.

That's because you never leave Emacs mate. There is whole other world
out there. :-)

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> But seriously guys. Tab completing commands? What are you, hard up for
> writing code? You're going to have to provide me with a damn slick
> argument to get tab completion into the source. But...I'm willing to
> put something in that will list all the possible commands.

More than enough, I reckon.
 
> We're going to have to fork ratpoison here pretty soon if this sort of
> thing keeps up into ratpoison proper and fatpoison.

Only if you help on fatso as well!
 
Regards,
Doug