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bug#30206: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion should not complete internal n
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#30206: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion should not complete internal names |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 07:12:04 -0800 (PST) |
> C-h f abbrev TAB
>
> You'll get completions for internal functions such as abbrev--describe.
Of course. As well you should.
> By default minibuffer completions shouldn't complete such internal
> names, as users aren't supposed to use them directly.
This is ridiculous, IMHO. Users are not supposed to use
"internal" functions directly? Nonsense.
Besides which, "use" is meaningless here. Completing
a name doesn't imply calling the name as a function or
evaluating it as a variable. And there is nothing wrong
with doing either of things, anyway. Would you also
forbid `mapatoms' from using (acting on) "internal" names?
"Minibuffer completions" means multiple things, anyway.
Anyone can use `completing-read' or any other minibuffer
completion function in a way that does not complete
"internal" names, if they want to.