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Shouldn't minibuffer-complete add a space after sole completions?

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 28714 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#28714: Shouldn't minibuffer-complete add a space after sole completions?
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:02:57 +0100

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> $ touch /tmp/abbbbb /tmp/abbbbbbbbbbbbbb
> Find file or URL:
>  / [self-insert-command]
>  t [self-insert-command]
>  m [self-insert-command]
>  p [self-insert-command]
>  / [self-insert-command]
>  a [self-insert-command]
>  b [self-insert-command]
>  <tab> [minibuffer-complete]
>  <tab> [minibuffer-complete]
>  b b [self-insert-command]
>  <tab> [minibuffer-complete]
>  <tab> [minibuffer-complete]
>
> Now try the same thing in bash outside of emacs.

So you basically want it to say "Sole completion" (or something) after
the next-to-last TAB?  I guess that would make sense (as an option), and
is basically the same thing that's requested in bug#51650 (but there
it's about things that do have several completions).

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