GNU bug report logs - #74561
[PATCH] Allow limiting the size of *Completions*

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>

Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:26:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: dmitry <at> gutov.dev, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow limiting the size of *Completions*
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 20:18:19 +0200

> +(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.

An alternative would be to populate the list lazily by small chunks
added with an idle timer.  But not sure it's worth the complexity.
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