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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Completion (Was: Key management)
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-11-25 10:20:40
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Waldo Bastian wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> 
> > > 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
> 
> Could this be made configurable?
> We can fight about the default later :-)

we hardcode things like that in the file dialog as we got critic for not
making decisions. Give us a way to obtain the option within KDE and I'm 
sure it can be done.

Greetings, Stephan

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