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bug#74772: [PATCH] Consistently add wildcards for completion-pcm-leading


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: bug#74772: [PATCH] Consistently add wildcards for completion-pcm-leading-wildcard
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:16:42 +0200

> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>
> Cc: 74772@debbugs.gnu.org,  monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:05:12 -0500
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>
> >> Cc: 74772@debbugs.gnu.org,  monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
> >> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:14:15 -0500
> >> 
> >> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> >> 
> >> >> Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> >> >> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:48:23 -0500
> >> >> From:  Spencer Baugh via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> >> >>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> >> >> 
> >> >>  (defcustom completion-pcm-leading-wildcard nil
> >> >> -  "If non-nil, partial-completion completes as if there's a leading 
> >> >> wildcard.
> >> >> +  "If non-nil, partial-completion adds a leading wildcard for each 
> >> >> word.
> >> >
> >> > The modified wording is misleading, because it says something that
> >> > doesn't really happen (as the rest of the doc string reveals).
> >> 
> >> Okay, how about:
> >> 
> >> If non-nil, PCM completes as if there's a wildcard before each word.
> >
> > Much better, thanks.  You could even say
> >
> >   If non-nil, partial-completion behaves as if each word is preceded by 
> > wildcard.
> 
> Ok, updated patch:

Stefan, is this patch okay with you?  Any comments?





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