Subject: Re: bug#49075: (icomplete-vertical-mode 1) not taking effect

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 15:34:58 +0200

[email-masked] writes:

> Recently, icomplete-vertical-mode was added.  But calling
> (icomplete-vertical-mode 1) does not enable vertical completion,
> unless one has called (icomplete-mode 1) first.

I think that works as designed -- as the doc string says:

"Toggle vertical candidate display in `icomplete-mode' or `fido-mode'."

So the mode can't just switch on icomplete-mode by itself, because it
works two different modes.

Closing.

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