GNU bug report logs - #36554
27.0.50; Wishlist: `insert-char' should have better completion

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Message #11 received at 36554 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 36554 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36554: 27.0.50;
 Wishlist: `insert-char' should have better completion
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 16:30:17 -0400

On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 at 13:20, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:
>
> Emacs has a bunch of packages for "intuitive" completion, but apparently
> none of the popular ones (like ido) support completion for `C-x 8 C-m
> TAB'?  So if you know you want one of the ANGLE letters, it's a bit
> difficult to complete to.  So it'd be nice if ido (at least?) supported
> substring completion in that command...

So should is this more of a request for improving ido? Is there any
other "popular" completion mode that you are thinking of?

FWIW, looks like icomplete-mode works with insert-char.

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