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RE: select yank via completion
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: select yank via completion |
Date: |
Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:00:13 -0800 (PST) |
> There is still a small problem:
> sometimes it's handy to slightly edit a previous string
> from kill-ring before inserting it. But with completing-read
> it's not easy to insert the space character, e.g. after 'M-p'
> while editing, typing 'SPC' errors with "[No matches]"
> and doesn't insert a space character.
>
> Could you recommend a more lightweight version of
> completing-read that doesn't override the 'SPC' key?
It's _always_ handy to be able to edit a kill-ring entry
before inserting it into the minibuffer.
It's high time that `completing-read' stop using `SPC' for
word completion. `SPC' should be self-inserting (and the
same for `?').
There's no reason nowadays (and there was never a good
reason) to expect that completion candidates will not
include space chars.
Dunno why this is such a tooth-pull. It took decades to
even get `SPC' to be self-inserting for `read-file-name'.
I raised the same issue for `completing-read' at that time
(and before then).
Word completion? How much is it actually relevant now?
In any case, it's easy to allow for it. Icicles uses
`M-SPC' for that.
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