GNU bug report logs - #19032
24.4; icomplete cannot select matches with C-x b with no input

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 16:42:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

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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Message #22 received at 19032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Matthew Leach <matthew <at> mattleach.net>, 19032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Ole Laursen <olau <at> iola.dk>
Subject: Re: bug#19032: 24.4; icomplete cannot select matches with C-x b
 with no input
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:03:14 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Would it be cleaner to have the following instead?
>
>       ;; Allow user to specify null string.  Obey `completion-content-when-empty`.
>       ((= beg end)
>        (when completion-content-when-empty
>          (completion--replace beg end completion-content-when-empty))
>        (funcall exit-function))
>
> So icomplete would be in charge of setting that var to the `car` of
> `completion-all-sorted-completions`.

Yeah, that makes sense.  I'll take a stab at implementing it that way.

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