GNU bug report logs - #26513
25.2; pop-up-frames and *Completions* buffer

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: "Charles A. Roelli" <charles <at> aurox.ch>, 26513 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26513: 25.2; pop-up-frames and *Completions* buffer
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:50:33 +0200

> M-x set-variable RET pop-up-frames RET t RET
> M-x global- TAB
>
> The *Completions* buffer is opened in a new frame, but the cursor is in
> the frame too, so the user has to switch back to the minibuffer to
> continue typing.
>
> How can the user ensure that the cursor goes back to the minibuffer
> automatically?  Could the solution be documented somewhere (maybe in the
> docstring of `pop-up-frames') or could the completion code take care of
> it?

This use of *Completions* seems strange in another way: When I click on
one of the items in the *Completions* buffer or type RET on it, the
respective mode is enabled and the *Completions* frame stays around.  Is
that the desired behavior?

martin

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