Re: buffer name completion is case-sensitive now

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > Well, that's a matter of opinion.  The default value of `completion-
>> > ignore-case' is nil for all other systems bar MS-Windows. I agree
>> > with you that buffer names are another case, in addition to
>> > filenames,  where MS-Windows systems should do case-insensitive
>> > completion. I  think that
>> 
>> Given the fact that buffer-names are generally derived directly from
>> file-names, I suggest we change read-buffer to obey
>> read-file-name-completion-ignore-case.

> For the record, I disagree.

Duly noted...

> I won't repeat all that was said, but some of us have pointed out that
> the two kinds of object are different.  Buffer names are _not_
> generally derived directly from file names.

...but irrelevant if it doesn't come with more concrete arguments.


        Stefan