Hello, The two keymaps "C-." and "C-," for for/backward icomplete-mode completions do not work in xterm where emacs is run without the graphical user interface. See, > icomplete.el:177:183: > (defvar-keymap icomplete-minibuffer-map > :doc "Keymap used by `icomplete-mode' in the minibuffer." > "C-M-i" #'icomplete-force-complete > "C-j" #'icomplete-force-complete-and-exit > "C-." #'icomplete-forward-completions > "C-," #'icomplete-backward-completions > " " #'icomplete-ret) To demonstrate 1. start at xterm shell prompt, emacs --color=no -nw -Q 2. use, M-x icomplete-mode 3. use, M-x man RET fe the keymaps "C-." and "C-," are received as "." and "," when intending to move among available icomplete completions, and the presented completions are unexpectedly lost. Perhaps, "C-s" and "C-r" could be used in icomplete-mode since they are received as "C-s" and "C-r" but carry the search for/backward meaning. The documentation says fido-mode uses the "C-s" and "C-r" keymaps. The following keymap is a possible workaround > (keymap-set icomplete-minibuffer-map "C-c ." #'icomplete-forward-completions) > (keymap-set icomplete-minibuffer-map "C-c ," #'icomplete-backward-completions)