Re: nnml problem: move suggestion not correctly handled

[Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com>]

>>>>> "Hans" == Hans de Graaff <J.J.deGraaff@TWI.TUDelft.NL> writes:

Hans> sgnus-0.91, XEmacs 19.13.

Hans> I'm using the nnml backend to read high-volume mail with. I can
Hans> move articles just fine with B m. When I want to move a second
Hans> article, nnml even presents me with the previous mailbox I moved
Hans> an article to as the default. This is great, except pressing
Hans> just enter (to accept the default) gives my an 'incomplete
Hans> specification' message. I need to type the full name at the
Hans> prompt.

This is an XEmacs feature -- it doesn't happen with GNU Emacs 19.30.
The prompt is annoying, but can be ignored even though you have to hit
enter twice to get by it.

(setq minibuffer-confirm-incomplete nil)
to make it go away.

minibuffer-confirm-incomplete's value is t
  -- a variable declared in Lisp.

Documentation:
If true, then in contexts where completing-read allows answers which
are not valid completions, an extra RET must be typed to confirm the
response.  This is helpful for catching typos, etc.

Also see:
minibuffer-completion-confirm's value is nil
  -- a variable declared in Lisp.

Documentation:
Non-nil => demand confirmation of completion before exiting minibuffer.



As Per Abrahamsen has pointed out (in a different context), you can
hit the up-arrow to fill in the minibuffer with the previous value,
which will also work.

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