Subject: bug#73813: 30.0.91; icomplete-mode keymap unusable in xterm for for/backward completions

From: Van Ly <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:50:54 +1100

Robert Pluim <[email-masked]> writes:

>>>>>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:53:18 +0000, Van Ly <[email-masked]> said:
>
>
>     Van> One more gotcha.  Inside a tmux session on xterm, emacsclient won't see
>     Van> C-, and C-. and maybe there are setting changes needed there.
>     >> 
>     >> They work for me when using tmux as-is, but not when I use
>     >> TERM=xterm-mono inside tmux
>     >> 
>
>     Van> Why not enable the option to switch "emacsclient --color=no"?
>
> That already exists. Either put '(tty-color-mode . no)' in your
> `default-frame-alist', or do
>
> (set-frame-parameter nil 'tty-color-mode 'no)
>
> after youʼve connected.
>

Inside xterm/tmux with environment TERM variable setting that allows
color and invoking emacsclient to disable color using the
set-frame-parameter function, at the icomplete completions mini-buffer
C-, and C-. are not seen at all and the alternative completions display
unmoved.

> Manual entry: fe{getenv(3) | getround(3) | tchMakeURL(3) | clearexcept(3) | enableexcept(3)}

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vl