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bug#38476: 27.0.50; substring completion feature request
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#38476: 27.0.50; substring completion feature request |
Date: |
Fri, 20 May 2022 14:34:16 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:
> 0. $ mkdir /tmp/test; touch /tmp/test/{file1test,file2test}
> 1. $ emacs-master -Q --eval "(setq completion-category-overrides
> '((buffer (styles substring)) (file (styles substring))))"
> 2. Type `C-x C-f /tmp/test/te TAB'
> => The minibuffer displays the following, with point at the end of the line:
>
> Find file: /tmp/test/test
Thanks. With that recipe, I can reproduce the behaviour.
> Typing TAB a second time pops up a the *Completions* buffer showing
> file1test and file2test as the two possible completions. But to
> complete either of these in the minibuffer you have to move point.
> That's the bug (or feature request).
Yeah, that doesn't seem like the best place to put point.
>> With "*te TAB" it completes to file*test with point after *, which seems
>> correct, too.
>
> Yes, that input didn't occur to me when I filed the report. I just now
> scrolled through the Completion node of the Emacs manual and didn't see
> a reference to it; is it documented? If not, perhaps it should be.
I think I've learned about * through osmosis -- perhaps it isn't
documented? But it definitely should be.
> Anyway, using * comes close to satisfying the feature request, so if
> it's too hard to make it work without the *, I can live with having to
> use *.
It'd be nice if `substring' placed point where the * thing does, but
perhaps there are reasons for the current behaviour...
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