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27.2; [PATCH] ecomplete.el: Auto-select when there is only a single option

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: 53935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53935: 27.2; [PATCH] ecomplete.el: Auto-select when there is only a single option
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 07:49:27 +0100

Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz> writes:

> The "automated" part of my patch happens *after* the user has finished
> adding/removing characters, and has explicitly said (via M-n) that they
> now wish to choose from one of the visible completion options.
>
> The only difference between the old and new behaviour is that, in cases
> where they'd filtered the completion options down to a single option,
> they no longer have to additionally (and redundantly) type RET after
> M-n to select the only thing that they could possibly select.
>
> ("M-n" acts like the sequence "M-n RET", in other words.)

Ah, I see.  Well, that's a lot better.  But...  it seems like a lot of
stuff to just not have to hit RET when choosing an email address.  And
it makes the action of `M-n' less predicable -- sometimes it'll choose a
name, and sometimes not.

So I'm still not sure whether this makes sense for Emacs.

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