From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20885 invoked by alias); 12 Feb 2014 20:53:48 -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 20874 invoked by uid 89); 12 Feb 2014 20:53:47 -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: mx3-phx2.redhat.com Received: from mx3-phx2.redhat.com (HELO mx3-phx2.redhat.com) (209.132.183.24) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:53:46 +0000 Received: from zmail14.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (zmail14.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.83.16]) by mx3-phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s1CKrj67007720; Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:53:45 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:53:00 -0000 From: Gary Benson To: Pedro Alves Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Message-ID: <819294975.3055298.1392238425291.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <52FBA428.4020404@redhat.com> References: <20140212115548.GA2866@blade.nx> <20140212115759.GC2866@blade.nx> <52FBA428.4020404@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Implement completion limiting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-02/txt/msg00440.txt.bz2 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. > 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 but I'm not terribly invested in it so if you would like it changing let me know. Thanks, Gary -- http://gbenson.net/