[slime-devel] [PATCH] slime-complete-function* on XEmacs

[Madhu]

There is a problem in XEmacs (21.4) with the current implementation of
`slime-complete-symbol*'. On completing a symbol, the text gets
truncated to the length of the unambiguous prefix of all matches -- This
is entirely an artifact of the XEmacs completion mechanism, and has
nothing to do with SLIME's code. I'm appending a patch which works
around this issue when the situation is applicable and which I believe
is harmless in all other scenarios.

I take it there is no interest in the earlier patch I posted in
<http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.slime.devel/5668> in reviving
SLIME's own earlier unambiguous-prefix behaviour.

Who are the active committers on SLIME at this time?  Can one conclude
that if a patch has not been committed in a few weeks, there is no
interest in it and it will likely not be included in slime?  
I had posted a few bug fixes on this list and would like to know what to
expect on those issues, thanks.  -- Madhu


--- slime.el.~1.794.~	2007-06-28 17:57:51.000000000 +0530
+++ slime.el	2007-08-04 18:15:16.000000000 +0530
@@ -6128,10 +6128,12 @@
                 "Can't find completion for \"%s\"" prefix)
                (ding)
                (slime-complete-restore-window-configuration))
-      (goto-char end)
-      (insert-and-inherit completed-prefix)
-      (delete-region beg end)
-      (goto-char (+ beg (length completed-prefix)))
+        (cond ((> (length completed-prefix) (- end beg))
+               (goto-char end)
+               (insert-and-inherit completed-prefix)
+               (delete-region beg end)
+               (goto-char (+ beg (length completed-prefix))))
+              (t nil))
       (cond ((and (member completed-prefix completion-set)
                   (= (length completion-set) 1))
              (slime-minibuffer-respecting-message "Sole completion")