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bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer |
Date: |
Sun, 07 Nov 2021 09:28:06 +0200 |
> From: Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 01:27:44 -0300
>
> I might be wrong here, but I believe find-file and friends work in a
> way that is a bit inconvenient as well as a bit inconsistent.
>
> For example:
>
> 1. I press C-x C-f and get "Find file: ~/"
> 2. I press Tab once and get the message "Complete, but not unique"
> 3. I press Tab again and the *Completions* buffer appears with
> candidate completions.
> 4. I type "Desk" and press Tab.
> 5. Now I'm at ~/Desktop/ and press Tab again.
> 6. I get the message "Complete, but not unique" but at the same time
> the *Completions* buffer is displayed.
>
> Now, this is inconvenient since the first time I have to type Tab twice
> in order to get the *Completions* buffer (or ?, which is not very
> handy in most keyboards). AFAICS the first Tab does nothing at all
> except in the rare situation when there is a single completion, in
> other cases the inference that the user could use some help seems not
> too far-fetched to me.
This is a long-standing behavior, which is very convenient with file
names. It is documented in the node "Completion Exit" in the Emacs
manual.
We should not change this behavior.
> I think that Tab in step 2 should show the message and the list of
> possible completions at the same time.
That'd get in the way of selecting the "complete, but not unique"
candidate. It is also a distraction.
- bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer, (continued)
- bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/11/07
- bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer, Carlos Pita, 2021/11/07
- bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/11/07
- bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer, Carlos Pita, 2021/11/07
- bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/11/07
- bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer, Carlos Pita, 2021/11/07
- bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/11/07
- bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/11/07
- bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer, Carlos Pita, 2021/11/07
- bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer, Stephen Berman, 2021/11/07
bug#51650: Autocomplete: first Tab should show *Completions* buffer,
Eli Zaretskii <=