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[PATCH] Allow limiting the size of *Completions*

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: sbaugh <at> catern.com
Cc: sbaugh <at> janestreet.com, juri <at> linkov.net, dmitry <at> gutov.dev, joaotavora <at> gmail.com, 74561 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#74561: [PATCH] Allow limiting the size of *Completions*
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:34:18 +0200

> Cc: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>,
>  dmitry <at> gutov.dev, 74561 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>  Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, juri <at> linkov.net
> From: sbaugh <at> catern.com
> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:03:31 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> +(defcustom completions-insert-lazily 200
> +  "If non-nil, completions are inserted lazily.

Does the default value mean a change in user-facing behavior of
completion commands?

> +When a number, only that many completions are inserted, and the

Please use "If", not "When".  The latter could be misinterpreted as
meaning some time-related condition, which is not what you mean here.

Also, what about the :version tag?

And this user option needs a NEWS entry.

Thanks.

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