Re: New completion mode

["Jochen Küpper" <jochen-+It19tn3Rl9sbm7dSapR3bNAH6kLmebB@public.gmane.org>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi-smP1P7uqpqc@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Wolfram Fenske <Wolfram.Fenske-SVAqIv1tV6AWujOHlbWvjPJ10hmV2uTd@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> Yes, bbdb sorta does this, you should have a look at it.
>
> (What's the copyright status of bbdb?  I vaguely seem to recall that
> it can't be included in Emacs...)

Well, it's GPL, but I am not sure jwz has signed FSF papers...
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Wolfram Fenske <Wolfram.Fenske-SVAqIv1tV6AWujOHlbWvjPJ10hmV2uTd@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Preferences aside, IMO, the *Completions* buffer is still better
> because it's more consistent with the rest of Emacs.  And as you know,
> consistency goes a long way in UI design.  It's even quite similar to
> the auto-completion features in popular shells, e. g. bash.

I would totally agree here.

Although I typically seem to "know" how far I have to type to have TAB
(running bbdb-complete-name) complete the full entry directly...

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