From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/62931 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Wolfram Fenske Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: New completion mode Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:22:49 +0200 Message-ID: <861wvuy152.fsf@student.uni-magdeburg.de> References: <86irpe1a4h.fsf@student.uni-magdeburg.de> <87irpc3qnm.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145399184 32142 80.91.229.2 (18 Apr 2006 22:26:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:26:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+m11458@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Apr 19 00:26:23 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FVyeF-0003vm-Gm for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:26:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1FVye5-0006ps-00; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:26:05 -0500 Original-Received: from nas02.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.40]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1FVybL-0006pn-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:23:15 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by nas02.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FVybJ-0008OP-CW for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:23:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.uni-magdeburg.de ([141.44.1.10]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1FVybH-0008F5-00 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:23:11 +0200 Original-Received: from sunny.urz.uni-magdeburg.de ([141.44.8.7]) by mail.uni-magdeburg.de with esmtp (EXIM Version 4.43) for id 1FVybF-0000N6-C5; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:23:11 +0200 Original-Received: from hondo (pD9515A59.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.81.90.89]) (authenticated bits=0) by sunny.urz.uni-magdeburg.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3IMN7TH015105 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:23:08 +0200 Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 15 Apr 2006 07:46:14 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.18 (berkeley-unix) X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Spam-Report: ---- Start SpamAssassin results -2.6 points, 5.0 required; -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] 0.0 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list ---- End of SpamAssassin results X-Scan-Signature: d086009abe6668162a3885c1d5b5891c X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) Precedence: bulk Original-Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:62931 Archived-At: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > Miles Bader writes: > > [...] > >> The "fill in the rest of your input without being asked" behavior >> of firefox sucks. I hate it... it constantly gets in the way when >> I don't _want_ to complete. Do not do this [...] I couldn't agree more. > I'm only aiming for the completion that Firefox does in the URL input > area. Auto-complete like what Firefox does in password boxes and the > like isn't part of this... I find it annoying there, too. I'm with Miles here: IMO, "completion, but only when you ask for it" is a better approach. Wolfram -- A: Yes. >Q: Are you sure? >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?