Subject: bug#57423: closed (Re: bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 10:32:02 +0000

Your bug report

#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity
From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
To: uzibalqa <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:31:21 +0300
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 07:15:29 +0000
> From: uzibalqa <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
> 
> > > > In Emacs 29, there's a new variable 'completion-auto-select', which
> > > > does precisely that.
> > > 
> > > Sounds sufficient.
> > 
> > 
> > So can this bug be closed as resolved?
> 
> Yes

Thanks, closing.

Subject: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity
From: [email-masked]
To: Bug Gnu Emacs <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 03:18:58 +0200 (CEST)
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Using  "M-x COMMAND TAB"  to display minibuffer commands, one gets a 
temporary Completions Buffer that says

Click on a completion to select it

Consequently, one cannot complete or go through the possibilities in the minibuffer, 
but am being forced to either switch to it with "C-x o" a couple of times, or having
 to use the mouse.

An effective way that improves the frequent minibuffer activity (e.g. icomplete lets user
select a completion without having to smitch windows), emacs can automatically switch
to the completions buffer so one can get to a possible selection using the arrow keys.