Re: [bug] orgtbl-mode conflicts with ecomplete (a address completion of mesaage mode)

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

Hi Gregor,

thank you for your report.

I have now documented this problem in the manual, but I invite you or anyone else to submit a patch that will solve this issue.

- Carsten

On Sep 1, 2013, at 12:42 AM, Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> wrote:

> Dear org-mode Developers,
> 
> i followed the advice in the org-mode manual to use orgtbl-mode
> in message-mode buffers (see: (info "(org)Orgtbl mode") or
> [[info:org#Orgtbl%20mode][info:org#Orgtbl mode]] ), this is nice.
> 
> Since today i also want to use "ecompletion" for addresses in
> email headers in message-mode as described in 
> (info "(message)Mail Aliases") or
> [[info:message#Mail%20Aliases][info:message#Mail Aliases]].
> 
> Sadly orgtbl-mode somehow disables ecomplete.  Without
> orgtbl-mode if one types a part of an email address in an address
> header line ecomplete shows list of possible addresses which is
> shrinking while one types.  This does not happen if orgtbl-mode
> is enabled.
> 
> How to reproduce:
> 
> 1) save the attached file to ~/.ecompleterc
> 
>   be sure not to overwrite your own ~/.ecompleterc!
> 
> 2) do
> 
>   emacs -q -nw --eval "(setq message-mail-alias-type 'ecomplete)" --eval '(message-mail)'
> 
>   cursor is in the To: -address header.  
> 
> 2a) type "e" 
> 
>    minibuffer shows three matching addresses.  These are narrowed
>    down while you type "c" "h" "o".  You might chosse one of the
>    matching addresses with M-n RET.
> 
> 2b) kill Emacs.
> 
> 3) do instead:
> 
>   emacs -q -nw --eval "(setq message-mail-alias-type 'ecomplete)" --eval "(add-hook 'message-mode-hook 'turn-on-orgtbl)" --eval '(message-mail)'
> 
>   cursor is in the To: -address header.  
> 
> 3a) type "e" 
> 
>    minimuffer shows nothing...
> 
> 
> 3b) kill Emacs.
> 
> 
> 
> It would be great if this conflict could be fixed.  Otherwise the
> conflict could be documented in the Conflicts section of Org-mode
> (info "(org)Conflicts") or [[info:org#Conflicts]] like this:
> 
> --- org.texi    2013-09-01 00:41:15.125828086 +0200
> +++ org.texi-Orgtbl-ecomplete-conflict-documented       2013-09-01 00:40:56.101430317 +0200
> @@ -16414,6 +16414,18 @@
> to have other replacement keys, look at the variable
> @code{org-disputed-keys}.
> 
> +@item @file{ecomplete.el} by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @email{larsi@@gnus.org}
> +@cindex @file{ecomplete.el}
> +
> +Ecomplete provides ``electric'' address completion in address header
> +lines in message buffers.  Sadly Orgtbl mode cuts ecompletes power
> +supply: No completion happens when Orgtbl mode is enabled in message
> +buffers while entering text in address header lines.  If one wants to
> +use ecomplete one should @emph{not} follow the advice to automagically
> +turn on Orgtbl mode in message buffers (see @ref{Orgtbl mode}), but
> +instead---after filling in the message headers---turn on Orgtbl mode
> +manually when needed in the messages body.
> +
> @item @file{filladapt.el} by Kyle Jones
> @cindex @file{filladapt.el}
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for your attention, Gregor
> <.ecompleterc.txt>