GNU bug report logs - #18733
24.3.94; completion default with icomplete-show-matches-on-no-input t

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Message #8 received at 18733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: stephen_leake <at> stephe-leake.org
Cc: 18733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18733: 24.3.94; completion default with
 icomplete-show-matches-on-no-input t
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:00:27 +0100

stephen_leake <at> stephe-leake.org writes:

> With `icomplete-mode' active, and `icomplete-show-matches-on-no-input'
> set to `t', invoking `switch-to-buffer' and then
> `minibuffer-force-complete-and-exit' gives confusing results; the buffer
> selected is the default specified by `read-buffer-to-switch', which is
> often _not_ the first completion displayed, which is what the user
> expects.

(This bug report unfortunately got no response at the time.)

I'm unable to reproduce this in Emacs 28 -- I think this was changed
sometime earlier this year, so I'm closing this bug report.  If this is
still an issue, please respond to the debbugs address and we'll reopen.

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