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Re: C-x C-f, Tab (in)completion and visiting the wrong, new files


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: C-x C-f, Tab (in)completion and visiting the wrong, new files
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:35:58 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux)

> However, what I think should happen in the case you mention, and what
> happens by default in Icicles, is that TAB immediately displays
> *Completions*, which lets you know that completion is incomplete and lets
> you see the matching candidate names of the existing files.

That doesn't help.  The "TAB RET" sequence is hit much too quickly, as a sort
of atomic entity.  There's no time for a user like me (and apparently David)
to adjust things after the TAB but before the RET.


        Stefan




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