GNU bug report logs - #19031
24.4; find-file in icomplete-mode shows completions with no input

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ole Laursen <olau <at> iola.dk>

Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 16:42:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.4

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Andrii Kolomoiets <andreyk.mad <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Ole Laursen <olau <at> iola.dk>, 19031 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19031: 24.4; find-file in icomplete-mode shows completions with no input
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:46:29 +0100

Andrii Kolomoiets <andreyk.mad <at> gmail.com> writes:

> When the `icomplete-show-matches-on-no-input` variable is nil,
> completions will be not shown while minibuffer is empty:
>
> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. M-x icomplete-mode
> 3. M-x
>    => No completions
> 4. f
>    => Completions
> 5. C-/
>    => No completions

Ah, I was misunderstanding what I was seeing...  I've now reverted my
patch and reformulated as you suggest:

> Maybe it would be better to replace the text
>
> "When non-nil, show completions when first prompting for input."
>
> with something like
>
> "When non-nil, show completions when minibuffer is empty."

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