Re: [PATCH 3/3 v2] Implement completion limiting

Doug Evans
2015-01-12T18:50:28Z

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 1:23 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
>> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 18:32:01 -0800
>> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>>
>> +If the number of possible completions is large, @value{GDBN} will
>> +print as much of the list as it has collected, as well as a message
>> +indicating that the list may be truncated.
>> +
>> +@smallexample
>> +(@value{GDBP}) b m@key{TAB}@key{TAB}
>> +m *** List may be truncated, max-completions reached. ***
>> +main
>> +<... the rest of the possible completions ...>
>> +(@value{GDBP}) b m
>
> Doesn't the "list may be truncated" message scrolls off the screen, if
> the list is long enough? If so, wouldn't it be better to display that
> message at the end instead, saying something like
>
> (More completions follow; max-completions exceeded.)

If the user sets a bad height, or if pagination is turned off, possibly.

I can put it at the end.