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30.1.50; Support RET choosing the selected completion without rebinding arrow keys

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Message #35 received at 77253 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: sbaugh <at> catern.com
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>, 77253 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77253: 30.1.50; Support RET choosing the selected completion
 without rebinding arrow keys
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:34:24 +0000 (UTC)

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:
>>>>> Not sure if it's possible for RET to accept the selected candidate
>>>>> by default since users might prefer to accept text in the minibuffer.
>>>>
>>>> If there's a selected candidate, though, then users have already decided
>>>> to use M-<up>/M-<down> to interact with completions.  (Or they've
>>>> switched to the completions buffer and selected one)
>>>>
>>>> If they decide they don't want the candidate they selected, and want to
>>>> continue with text in the minibuffer, completion-auto-deselect will
>>>> automatically deselect the candidate if they type anything.
>>>>
>>>> I think these two facts combined make it possible for RET to accept the
>>>> selected candidate by default.
>>>
>>> Makes sense.  So we need to try how well it performs.
>>
>> How about this?
>
> Thanks, will try to use for a while.

Any feedback on the patch?

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