Evil: Ivy pastes command completion in a current buffer instead of the minibuffer

[ogdenwebb]

After the last updates when I'm trying to complete something with default evil-ex(i.e. ":") for example "package-install" after "package-" Ivy pastes completion in current cursor position(8 line) and delete two or thee characters from the first string.

p.s. Counsel-M-x works fine.

[abo-abo]

Please post a reproduction scenario. I have no idea how to use evil-ex.

[ogdenwebb]

Well. The scenario to reproduce:

1. Install Evil and run evil-mode.

  (require 'evil)
  (evil-mode 1)

2. Press ":"(i.e. Shift and ; key) to run evil-ex.
3. Start typing command for completion(for example "package-insta"), press TAB and select "package-install" then hit RET.

[abo-abo]

Thanks, please test

[jenseich]

An issue remains in the interaction of ivy and evil-ex. After completion, that is step 3 in the reporter's reproduction outline, a newly started ivy command (e.g. counsel-M-x) returns "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil". I don't know enough about debugging emacs and elisp to find the cause, but here's a backtrace, if that could be helpful:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
evil-ex-update(5 6 0)
read-from-minibuffer("M-x " "^" (keymap (keymap (67108908 . counsel--info-lookup-symbol) (67108910 . counsel-find-symbol)) keymap (3 keymap (19 . ivy-rotate-sort) (1 . ivy-toggle-ignore) (15 . ivy-occur)) (67108903 . ivy-avy) (33554464 . ivy-restrict-to-matches) (15 . hydra-ivy/body) (22 . ivy-scroll-up-command) (7 . minibuffer-keyboard-quit) (32 . self-insert-command) (18 . ivy-reverse-i-search) (19 . ivy-next-line-or-history) (remap keymap (describe-mode . ivy-help) (kill-ring-save . ivy-kill-ring-save) (kill-line . ivy-kill-line) (scroll-down-command . ivy-scroll-down-command) (scroll-up-command . ivy-scroll-up-command) (end-of-buffer . ivy-end-of-buffer) (beginning-of-buffer . ivy-beginning-of-buffer) (kill-word . ivy-kill-word) (forward-char . ivy-forward-char) (delete-char . ivy-delete-char) (backward-kill-word . ivy-backward-kill-word) (backward-delete-char-untabify . ivy-backward-delete-char) (delete-backward-char . ivy-backward-delete-char) (previous-line . ivy-previous-line) (next-line . ivy-next-line)) (9 . ivy-partial-or-done) (10 . ivy-alt-done) (27 keymap (1 . ivy-read-action) (15 . ivy-dispatching-call) (111 . ivy-dispatching-done) (105 . ivy-insert-current) (106 . ivy-yank-word) (114 . ivy-toggle-regexp-quote) (16 . ivy-previous-line-and-call) (14 . ivy-next-line-and-call) (118 . ivy-scroll-down-command) (112 . ivy-previous-history-element) (110 . ivy-next-history-element) (10 . ivy-immediate-done) (13 . ivy-call)) (13 . ivy-done)) nil extended-command-history)
ivy-read("M-x " [content-type-p \ Apply\ and\ Save\ new-fprs highlight-numbers-mode-hook viper-util qp-or-base64 ox-man debugger-previous-window verilog-mode-indent org-export-org custom-comment-hide rfc822-snarf-frob-list method-not-allowed :insert-button-args unexpected nomesg nnir custom-state-buffer-message doc-view-set-slice-using-mouse custom-face-state-set-and-redraw custom-magic-value-create gnus-article-highlight cal-html tweak :custom-level erc-mode-line-and-header custom-browse-group-tag custom-group-visibility message-simplify-subject-functions gnus-score-expire its-part-1 its-part-2 shr-use-fonts apropos-regexp srecode/expandproto addr custom-group-tag-faces em-script custom-unlispify-tag-names makefile-delete-backslash org-export-pdf epg--status-BADARMOR mm-use-ultra-safe-encoding custom-reset-button-menu old-groups Encrypt\ Message cancel-messages ps-print-printer custom-face-get-current-spec message-insert-importance-low ...] :predicate commandp :require-match t :history extended-command-history :action #[257 "\304\305!\203\f�\306\307�!!\210��\307�!\211��\310\307�!\311")\207" [current-prefix-arg prefix-arg this-command real-this-command featurep smex smex-rank intern command-execute record] 4 "\n\n(fn CMD)"] :sort t :keymap (keymap (67108908 . counsel--info-lookup-symbol) (67108910 . counsel-find-symbol)) :initial-input "^" :caller counsel-M-x)
counsel-M-x()
funcall-interactively(counsel-M-x)
call-interactively(counsel-M-x nil nil)
command-execute(counsel-M-x)

[abo-abo]

@jenseich If you have a reproducible scenario, please open a new issue. I'm not an evil guy, try to write down simple steps.