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24.1; pcomplete unnecessarily restricts tab-completion entry points

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Message #29 received at 15362 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Vivek Dasmohapatra <vivek <at> etla.org>
Cc: 15362 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#15362: 24.1; pcomplete unnecessarily restricts tab-completion
 entry points
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:39:48 +0200

Vivek Dasmohapatra <vivek <at> etla.org> writes:

>> Have you set completion-cycle-threshold?  If yes and it still doesn't
>> cycle, please post a recipe.
>
> With the recipe as before, but _without_ erc-pcomplete at the head
> of erc-complete-functions so the value is:
>
>   '(erc-pcompletions-at-point erc-button-next-function)
>
> And with completion-cycle-threshold set to 5, I get the following from
> repeatedly tabbing:
>
> ERC> jlf: jlf_``: jlindsay: jlf: jlf_``: jlindsay: jlf:
>
> so instead of cycling it's just adding the next element from the matching
> candidates list each time.

That was 6 years ago, and it seems like erc no longer uses pcomplete.
Are you still seeing this in a modern version of Emacs?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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