From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1218 invoked by alias); 12 Feb 2014 16:41:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 1207 invoked by uid 89); 12 Feb 2014 16:41:16 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:41:15 +0000 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s1CGfD5T032219 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:41:13 -0500 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.ams2.redhat.com [10.39.146.11]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s1CGfCEt013868; Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:41:13 -0500 Message-ID: <52FBA428.4020404@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:41:00 -0000 From: Pedro Alves User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130625 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Benson CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Implement completion limiting References: <20140212115548.GA2866@blade.nx> <20140212115759.GC2866@blade.nx> In-Reply-To: <20140212115759.GC2866@blade.nx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2014-02/txt/msg00417.txt.bz2 On 02/12/2014 11:57 AM, Gary Benson wrote: > +@smallexample > +(@value{GDBP}) b @key{TAB}@key{TAB} > +Too many possibilities. > +@end smallexample > + Does the user lose the edit line after that, or can he continue typing the command? I'd also suggest saying "completion candidates" instead of "possibilities". Sounds more accurate / less vague to me. (here and elsewhere in the docs and inline help as well) -- Pedro Alves