On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 12:42:53PM +0200, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
>
> Benji Fisher wrote:
>
> > I am a few days behind: vim 7.0d (Linux).
> >
> > I have the text "Mary Ellen" and "May 2" in my buffer. I want to
> > type "Mary Ellen" again, so (not noticing the "May 2") I do
> >
> > Ma<C-P><C-X><C-P>
> >
> > but that gives me
> >
> > May 2
> >
> > Oops! So I type <BS> a few times (three, to be exact). Much to my
> > surprise, I get
> >
> > May x=EF=BF=BD> =10Ma
> >
> > (In case it gets garbled in translation, that looks like
> >
> > May x<99>> ^PMa
> >
> > to me.) When I repeat the experiment, I get different garbage, so I am
> > guessing that there is an uninitialized variable here.
>
> I guess the state for adding completion isn't reset properly when you
> backspace. The patch below makes it work better for me. But I could
> not reproduce the "garbage" thus I can't verify that is fixed too.
The patch gets rid of the garbage. There is still a slight
problem. After Ma<C-P><C-X><C-P><BS><BS><BS> I now have
Ma
as expected. The pop-up menu shows "Mary" (selected) and "May", but the
buffer just shows "Ma". One <C-P> leaves me with "Ma" and nothing
selected in the menu; another gives me "May", and a third gives me
"Mary" (with the buffer matching the menu selection). IMO when I have
"Ma" in the buffer, nothing should be selected from the pop-up menu.
For the sake of users, like me, who are used to the old CTRL-X
mode, I suggest the following addition to doc/insert.txt . Maybe a
reference to |ins-completion-menu| would be better than the suggested
|popupmenu-keys|. Or even rewrite the paragraph about CTRL-X mode above
the lines I added.
--Benji Fisher
*** src/vim70d03/runtime/doc/insert.txt 2006-04-11 16:50:30.000000000 -0400
--- - 2006-04-14 08:47:29.251949000 -0400
***************
*** 1,4 ****
! *insert.txt* For Vim version 7.0d. Last change: 2006 Apr 11
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
--- 1,4 ----
! *insert.txt* For Vim version 7.0d. Last change: 2006 Apr 14
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
***************
*** 590,595 ****
--- 590,598 ----
CTRL-X mode command. Valid keys are the CTRL-X command itself, CTRL-N (next),
and CTRL-P (previous).
+ If 'completeopt' comtains "menu" (the default), then the special meanings
+ described under |popupmenu-keys| apply.
+
Also see the 'infercase' option if you want to adjust the case of the match.
*complete_CTRL-E*
