GNU bug report logs - #67661
30.0.50; *Completions* has started popping up for icomplete-in-buffer

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From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 67661 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#67661: 30.0.50; *Completions* has started popping up for icomplete-in-buffer
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 22:04:18 +0000

Hello,

On Thu 07 Dec 2023 at 07:28pm +02, Juri Linkov wrote:

>> 1. emacs -q
>> 2. (setopt icomplete-in-buffer t)
>> 3. M-x icomplete-mode
>> 4. M-x eshell
>> 5. try to tab-complete something where there is more than one possible
>>    completion, e.g. ls<TAB> in a directory with many files.
>>
>> Previously you would get the icomplete in buffer completion.
>> Now, additionally, *Completions* pops up, but it doesn't make sense to
>> have both.
>
> It's possible to hide *Completions* when icomplete-mode is enabled,
> but I'm not sure if everyone will like this.  For example,
> I'm using both icomplete-mode and the *Completions* buffer
> at the same time in the minibuffer.  And in a regular buffer
> we should keep for users the ability to pop up *Completions*
> in addition to in-buffer completions.
>
> Maybe the best solution would be to use something like
> in completion-preview-mode where you can use in-buffer
> completions and still be able to type M-C-i to pop up
> the *Completions* buffer.

This is a regression though, right?  It didn't use to pop up.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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