Subject: Re: bug#73511: 30.0.91; icomplete-vertical-mode TAB-key pops two completions windows

From: Van Ly <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:05:44 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

>> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 07:41:57 +0000
>> From:  Van Ly via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <[email-masked]>
>>  
>> at the point /usr/src/external/gp TAB completes the path to /usr/src/external/gpl
>> 
>> at the point /usr/src/external/gpl
>> 
>> C-n or C-p will move the highlight between gpl2 or gpl3 (See A)
>> 
>> pressing TAB pops a second *Completions* window (See B)
>> 
>> Expected behavior is for TAB to pick the highlighted directory and continue with path to file selection
>> 
>
> There are no 2 *Completions* windows.  Instead, you have one
> *Completions* window and the list of completions in the mini-window.
>
> I think this is the intended behavior, and see no bug here.
>

On reaching the point in the path /usr/src/external/gpl highlighting
either gpl2 or gpl3 in the only 1 *Completions* window and pressing C-j
will enter dired mode for that directory.

Pressing TAB at that point on either highlighted alternatives duplicates
the *Completions* window resulting in 2 *Completions* windows.  And, as
far as I know the user has to mouse select from the duplicated window.

The intended behavior is to get to the target configure file preferably
without needing to mouse point in the second *Completions* window, TAB
would select from the inferred highlighted option.

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vl