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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Completion (Was: Key management)
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-11-25 9:27:56
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Waldo Bastian wrote:
> 
> 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.
The new file dialog uses auto-completion btw

Greetings, Stephan

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