From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12532 invoked by alias); 12 Feb 2014 21:41:55 -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 12520 invoked by uid 89); 12 Feb 2014 21:41:54 -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 21:41:54 +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 s1CLfquG018968 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:41:53 -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 s1CLfpao005979; Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:41:51 -0500 Message-ID: <52FBEA9E.3060109@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:41:00 -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> <52FBA428.4020404@redhat.com> <819294975.3055298.1392238425291.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <819294975.3055298.1392238425291.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2014-02/txt/msg00441.txt.bz2 On 02/12/2014 08:53 PM, Gary Benson wrote: > Pedro Alves wrote: >> 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? > > You can continue typing, nothing is lost. Like this? @smallexample (@value{GDBP}) b @key{TAB}@key{TAB} Too many possibilities. + (@value{GDBP}) b @end smallexample Could you add that extra line to the example to make that obvious in the docs? >> 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) > > The reason I chose that as the message is to match up with > readline's own messages: > > $ ls > Display all 140 possibilities? (y or n) > > I'd prefer to keep "Too many possibilities" for consistency Thanks, I agree, makes sense. -- Pedro Alves