Re: Recommendation for CAPF setup when you don't know completion string in advance

[Stefan Monnier]

> ;; XXX There is a small bug here, depending on interpretation. When
> ;; completing "~/emacs/master/li|/calc" where "|" is the cursor,
> ;; then the returned candidate only includes the prefix
> ;; "~/emacs/master/lisp/", but not the suffix "/calc". Default
> ;; completion has the same problem when selecting in the
> ;; *Completions* buffer.
>
> Is it non-intentional that the suffix is thrown away?

I think the answer depends on the completion-style.  IIRC some
completion styles do that on purpose (in order to preserve/reproduce
the behavior of earlier completion code), whereas I seem to remember
a few cases where we may do something like that not on purpose (rather
because of a bug, or out of laziness).


        Stefan