[PATCH] completion: remove "setup" from the list of possible completions

Lukasz Stelmach l.stelmach at samsung.com
Mon Jun 22 03:22:50 PDT 2020


It was <2020-06-20 sob 12:53>, when Reto wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 12:40:49PM +0200, Łukasz Stelmach wrote:
>> Having "setup" in the set requires entering three instad of two characters
>> for "search". Since "setup" is rearly used it makes little sense to have
>> it in the set and cripple UX for much more frequently used "search".
>
> I very much disagree with this patch.
> The completions should contain all possible values, saving a single keystroke is
> certainly not a valid reason to remove a valid option from the completions.
>
> Write an alias into your bashrc if that bothers you so much... Then you can save
> much more keystrokes.

I already have several aliases covering most of my use cases, however, I
still use "notmuch search" from time to time and I came to a conclusion
expressed in this patch. Of course, as a random user, I can only suggest
and by no means insist on applying it.

Kind regards,
-- 
Łukasz Stelmach
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics
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