From aea75a870265ccfd3a6776b84262444af50da9ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chong Yidong Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:03:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Describe new completion rules more clearly. --- etc/NEWS | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index aaee3772d4d..64a3d173405 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -411,6 +411,19 @@ Emacs asks for confirmation. The default value is `after-completion'. If you change it to t, Emacs always asks for confirmation; if you change it to nil, Emacs never asks for confirmation. +++ +*** The rules for performing completion have been changed. +When generating completion alternatives, Emacs now takes the +minibuffer text after point, if any, into account: this text is +treated as a substring of the remaining part of the completion +alternative (i.e., the part not matched by the minibuffer text before +point). If no completion alternatives are found this way, Emacs +attempts to perform partial-completion. If still no completion +alternatives are found, we fall back on the Emacs 22 rules for +performing completion. + +The new variable `completion-styles' can be customized to choose your +favorite completion style. ++++ *** When M-n in the minibuffer reaches the end of the list of defaults, it adds the completion list to the end, so next M-n continues putting completion items to the minibuffer. The same principle applies to @@ -453,11 +466,6 @@ completion-ignore-case for file name completion. +++ *** The variable read-buffer-completion-ignore-case overrides completion-ignore-case for buffer name completion. -+++ -*** `completion-styles' can be customized to choose your favorite -completion style. ---- -*** The default completion styles include a form of partial-completion. --- *** The new command `minibuffer-force-complete' chooses one of the possible completions, rather than stopping at the common prefix. -- 2.11.4.GIT