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RE: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: Usability suggestion : completion for M-: |
Date: |
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:49:52 -0700 |
> > Emacs seems to have a consistent behaviour regarding TAB and
> > completion, i.e : Almost everywhere, TAB triggers completion when :
> > - indentation does not make sens
> > - tabulation char is unlikely to make sens
> >
> > For exemple, TAB triggers completion in find-file. I think
> > TAB should be bound to lisp-complete-symbol in M-x
> > eval-expression, aka M-: .
> >
> > Hope everybody agree and this will be widely considered as a simple
> > yet positive change.
>
> ISTR this being discussed on this list at some point in the past, but
> don't remember the details.
>
> At first glance, it seems like a definite win to rebind TAB to symbol
> completion. Any anyone point out a usage pattern where the old
> binding of TAB is preferable?
FWIW, I would prefer to see M-: take on more of the character of a pop-up
emacs-lisp-mode buffer: TAB, C-M-q, C-j, ..., but with RET still causing
eval (alternative design: C-c C-c to eval). And when you hit C-j the
minibuffer would grow in height. In that scenario, M-TAB, not TAB, would
continue to be the Lisp symbol completer.
And I'd like to see M-: pretty-print the result (as in pp-eval-expression),
but that suggestion has already been rejected.
- Usability suggestion : completion for M-:, paul r, 2008/03/13
- Re: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/03/13
- RE: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:, Drew Adams, 2008/03/13
- Re: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:, Chong Yidong, 2008/03/13
- RE: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:,
Drew Adams <=
- Re: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:, paul r, 2008/03/14
- Re: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:, Juri Linkov, 2008/03/15
- RE: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:, Drew Adams, 2008/03/15
- Re: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/03/15
- RE: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:, Drew Adams, 2008/03/16
- Re: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:, paul r, 2008/03/16
- Re: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:, Ralf Angeli, 2008/03/16
- RE: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:, Drew Adams, 2008/03/16
- Re: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/03/16