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

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Message #26 received at 67661 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Cc: 67661 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#67661: 30.0.50;
 *Completions* has started popping up for icomplete-in-buffer
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 08:28:48 +0200

> Cc: 67661 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
> 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.

Once again: it did.  The *Completions* buffer always popped up the
second time you type TAB.  The problem here is that the first TAB
doesn't show the in-buffer completion. _That_ is the regression we
should try fixing.

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