* [9fans] Acme pathname completion UX
@ 2013-01-30 10:04 dexen deVries
2013-01-30 15:15 ` erik quanstrom
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From: dexen deVries @ 2013-01-30 10:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
what is the point of the ^F pathname completion appending one space after the
pathname is completed? is it only to indicate successful completion?
once the space is appended, performing a right-click on the pathname often
requires moving the mouse over the pathname. if there was no space appended,
the (empty) selection would remain next to the last character of pathname and
right-click anywhere would acquire it.
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* Re: [9fans] Acme pathname completion UX
2013-01-30 10:04 [9fans] Acme pathname completion UX dexen deVries
@ 2013-01-30 15:15 ` erik quanstrom
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From: erik quanstrom @ 2013-01-30 15:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
On Wed Jan 30 05:05:02 EST 2013, dexen.devries@gmail.com wrote:
> what is the point of the ^F pathname completion appending one space after the
> pathname is completed? is it only to indicate successful completion?
>
> once the space is appended, performing a right-click on the pathname often
> requires moving the mouse over the pathname. if there was no space appended,
> the (empty) selection would remain next to the last character of pathname and
> right-click anywhere would acquire it.
(i don't know the reasons behind the completion behavior.
but if the completion isn't the end of the command, then the space is helpful.)
is the question really, why doesn't acme extend selections to the left over spurious
whitespace when pointing in the right margin?
that behavior might be worth a shot.
- erik
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