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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Completion (Was: Key management)
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () suse ! de>
Date:       1999-11-25 9:09:41
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On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Dawit Alemayehu wrote:

> Anyways, IMHO this feature should be configurable.  Auto-completion should be
> something that anyone who does not want it can turn off.  A configuration
> module in the Control Panel under Applications IMHO is very much
> appropriate for minicli now.  In fact there are many things that could be
> made configurable in minicli.  Things such as  "abbreviated URL" (
> linuxtoday.com) or enabling non-local URL support for that matter should be
> configurable to the user's liking.  I can hack this in the weekend if no one
> objects ...

The style guide currently names two completion mechanisms:
* auto-completion, as you described
* manual completion, pressing <END> or <Right> at the end of a line
triggers completion.
(http://developer.kde.org/documentation/standards/kde/style/keys/completion.html)

We couldn't agree on which one to make default. I very much favour the
second one, since I think it is intrusive and confusing if your
computer starts to put stuff in your input box which you didn't asked
for. 

Cheers,
Waldo

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