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30.0.92; tmm always displays the *Completions* buffer

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Message #20 received at 74616 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: mail <at> daniel-mendler.de, 74616 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#74616: 30.0.92; tmm always displays the *Completions* buffer
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:55:14 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>,  74616 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 13:55:02 -0500
> 
> > I think the automatic detection is a better default behavior, but
> > maybe we could have a variable (not necessarily a defcustom) for users
> > who would like to have the old behavior.
> > Stefan, WDYT?
> 
> I often use the standard UI and I generally don't like this eagerness to
> display *Completions*, so I'd either change the code not to auto-display
> the buffer (what I have done locally) or at least offer a variable
> for that.
> 
> So it seems like the var should have 3 settings: always show, never
> show, and "guess" (tho maybe we can skip the "guess" option and let the
> other completion UIs set the var to nil).

Daniel, would you like to submit the patch with these changes?

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