Re: TAB in Eval: prompt in minibuffer?

[Lennart Borgman]

Juri Linkov wrote:

> > > > Is there any reason not to bind TAB to `lisp-complete-symbol' for the
> > > > "Eval:" prompt in minibuffer? It is bound to
> > > > indent-for-tab-command' now.
> > > >        
> > > TAB in the minibuffer normally is used to complete the whole contents
> > > of the minibuffer, but the "Eval:" minibuffer can contain arbitrary
> > > expressions.  What you want is already available via M-TAB in the
> > > minibuffer.
> > >      
> > What's the point of indenting lisp expressions in the minibuffer?
> >    
>
> Indenting Lisp expressions in the minibuffer is useless.  OTOH, binding TAB
> to `lisp-complete-symbol' is redundant and also not quite a natural to type
> inside Lisp expressions in the minibuffer.
My point is of course that I often find myself typing TAB to complete in 
the minibuffer even though I know I can use M-TAB. TAB is used to 
complete interactive commands and file names. Some part of my brain does 
not seem to care that it is another prompt.