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Re: minibuffer-complete inserts extraneous '-' using CVS Emacs


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: minibuffer-complete inserts extraneous '-' using CVS Emacs
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:47:29 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)

> In CVS Emacs built on Linux and Windows XP, I see the following behavior
> from minibuffer-complete:

>   1.  Run "emacs -Q" or "emacs -q".

>   2.  Type "C-h f file-p SPC".

>   3.  The minibuffer shows "file--p" even though no function's name starts
>       with that sequence of characters.

But there's no function starting with "file-p" and all the functions
that match "file.*-p.*" have 2 dashes before the p so they also match
"file.*-.*-p.*", which is why a second - is added.


        Stefan




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