From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:15:49 -0500 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <79998333.PGz1e9Ah4n@coil> References: <79998333.PGz1e9Ah4n@coil> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Acme pathname completion UX Topicbox-Message-UUID: 11d140ce-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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