(locate-file-completion-table): Make it provide boundary

information, so partial-completion works better.

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 7882d1b1b04eec0fc8b2dc757464c47a6d510cbf..64af836341712e7a97e797f5a712256a01ed3491 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-09-04  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+       * files.el (locate-file-completion-table): Make it provide boundary
+       information, so partial-completion works better.
+
 2009-09-04  Leo  <sdl.web@gmail.com>  (tiny change)
 
        * mail/footnote.el (Footnote-text-under-cursor):

diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 42eee8e609d11e7f8872654b2e64761bba8a35f9..9f22a60dc00ac973a7d8960453d7d655478cb63a 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -716,24 +716,34 @@ one or more of those symbols."
 
 (defun locate-file-completion-table (dirs suffixes string pred action)
   "Do completion for file names passed to `locate-file'."
-  (if (file-name-absolute-p string)
-      (let ((read-file-name-predicate pred))
-        (read-file-name-internal string nil action))
+  (cond
+   ((file-name-absolute-p string)
+    (let ((read-file-name-predicate pred))
+      (read-file-name-internal string nil action)))
+   ((eq (car-safe action) 'boundaries)
+    (let ((suffix (cdr action)))
+      (list* 'boundaries 
+             (length (file-name-directory string))
+             (let ((x (file-name-directory suffix)))
+               (if x (1- (length x)) (length suffix))))))
+   (t
     (let ((names nil)
          (suffix (concat (regexp-opt suffixes t) "\\'"))
-         (string-dir (file-name-directory string)))
+         (string-dir (file-name-directory string))
+          (string-file (file-name-nondirectory string)))
       (dolist (dir dirs)
        (unless dir
          (setq dir default-directory))
        (if string-dir (setq dir (expand-file-name string-dir dir)))
        (when (file-directory-p dir)
          (dolist (file (file-name-all-completions
-                        (file-name-nondirectory string) dir))
-           (add-to-list 'names (if string-dir (concat string-dir file) file))
+                        string-file dir))
+           (push file names)
            (when (string-match suffix file)
              (setq file (substring file 0 (match-beginning 0)))
-             (push (if string-dir (concat string-dir file) file) names)))))
-      (complete-with-action action names string pred))))
+              (push file names)))))
+      (completion-table-with-context
+       string-dir names string-file pred action)))))
 
 (defun locate-file-completion (string path-and-suffixes action)
   "Do completion for file names passed to `locate-file'.