Subject: bug#74561: [PATCH] Allow limiting the size of *Completions*

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 02:36:10 +0000

> > +(defcustom completions-list-max 10000
> > +  "Maximum number of completions for `minibuffer-completion-help' to
> list.
> 
> 10000 is too small default value.  I often use 'C-x 8 RET TAB'
> to browse the full list of 50866 Unicode characters
> and use Isearch to find a character by name.  And it's quite fast -
> usually takes only 1-2 seconds to show the completion list.

Why have a count as default?  The option I
have (`icicle-max-candidates') has default
value `nil', meaning there's no limit by
default.