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

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.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: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 04:42:34 +0800

>>>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
LI> 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.

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

Yeah. Currently it takes two tabs for it to finally cough up "Sole
completion". What sense is that? It should do that with just one tab.

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