[vimpulse] Bug: TAB doesn't autocomplete in minibuffer.

Sat Jul 3 11:54:00 CEST 2010

Vegard Øye <vegard_oye at hotmail.com> writes:

> On 2010-07-02 17:57, Štěpán Němec wrote:
>
>> In any case, we should IMO most definitely NOT mess with global map
>> at all.
>
> Agreed. I redid the solution right after I posted it to the mailing
> list. Commit [4dfbed1130] reads:
>
>     ;; Keep <tab> separate from C-i by making an explicit binding for <tab>.
>     (define-key viper-vi-basic-map [tab] (or (key-binding [tab])
>                                              (key-binding "\C-i")))
>     (define-key viper-vi-basic-map "\C-i" 'vimpulse-jump-forward)
>
> The global map is not changed -- the global binding is merely copied
> into the vi state map, to make a Tab key-specific binding. The
> distinction is thus limited to that map.

Yes. I was OT1H just stating a principle :-), OTOH I was speaking about
this: