GNU bug report logs - #50394
Improve "Completion List Mode" NEWS entry

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2021 05:29:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Gregory Heytings <ghe <at> sdf.org>, 50394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50394: Improve "Completion List Mode" NEWS entry
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2021 20:22:03 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> > ** Completion List Mode
> > New key bindings have been added: 'n' and 'p' to navigate completions,
> > and 'M-g M-c' to switch to the minibuffer, and you can also switch back
> > to the completion list buffer with 'M-g M-c'.
> >
> > I suspect that most users have no idea what is "completion list mode",
>
> If they don't, they could just do
>
>   C-h f completion-list-mode RET
>
> and read there.

I don't think that should be needed for such basic functionality.

I changed the headline from the nondescript 'Completion List Mode' to
'Improved navigation in the "*Completions*" buffer"'.  I think that
makes things sufficiently clear without having to look elsewhere.
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