18 May
2005
18 May
'05
10:50 a.m.
Hi,
Just for the record: Helmut's update (11-05-2005): <snip> +2005-05-11 Helmut Eller heller@common-lisp.net + .. + (slime-display-completion-list): Take the completed prefix as + additional argument to initialize completion-base-size. This is + apparently needed to make mouse-selection working. <snip>
also solves the symbol completion problem at the slime repl prompt.
By initializing completion-base-size to a sane value, the emacs completion code won't use `choose-completion-delete-max-match' to find/delete the longest matching prefix prior to inserting the completed symbol. This avoids the point moving problem inside the repl prompt (which yields args-out-of-range error) as described below.
thanks for the support ;-)
--
pieter
-----Original Message-----
> Hi,
>
> First of all, thanks for Slime! I am using it to
> take my first baby-steps into the wonderful Lisp.
>
> At the moment I have a small problem with symbol
> completion at the repl prompt and I was wondering
> whether I am the only one with the problem or just the
> only one without an elegant solution (not unlikely).
>
> Example:
>
> CL-USER> *f <TAB> -> choose *features* and hit RETURN
>
> will get me an 'args-out-of-range' error.
>
> The error seems due to the fact that hitting return in
> the emacs completions buffer ends up calling simple.el's
>
> `choose-completion-delete-max-match'
>
> whose code doesn't cater for the buffer containing text
> with text property `intangible' nearby the symbol to
> be completed. That is, it uses (forward-char 1) and
> assumes point is moved forward 1 char, which is not true
> when point is in slime's repl prompt.
>
> My current solution (other than using slime-fuzzy-complete-symbol)
> is to:
>
> (add-hook 'slime-repl-mode-hook
> (lambda ()
> (set (make-local-variable
> 'inhibit-point-motion-hooks) t)))
>
> in my .emacs file.
>
> I was wondering if there is a better solution.
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> --
> pieter