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30.1; TAB in Minibuffer when using a quail input-method should complete the longest common suffix of candidates

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
Cc: g.cassian.alexandru <at> posteo.eu, 79026 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#79026: 30.1; TAB in Minibuffer when using a quail input-method should complete the longest common suffix of candidates
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:07:14 +0300

severity 79026 wishlist
thanks

> From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Cass Alexandru
>  <g.cassian.alexandru <at> posteo.eu>, 79026 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:53:51 +0200
> 
> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> 
> >> It doesn't look like quail-completion (which is the command bound to
> >> TAB in that input method) is supposed to work as you expect.  Instead,
> >> it is a fancy visual feedback for typing long sequences, fancier than
> >> what Emacs usually shows in the echo-area (which is just the list of
> >> candidates for the next character).
> >>
> >> IOW, after pressing TAB, you are supposed to:
> >>
> >>   . realize that there's just one candidate "\above"
> >>   . type its characters one by one, guided by the moving highlight in
> >>     the *Quail Completions* buffer as you go
> >>
> >> Stefan and Arash, am I right?
> >
> > I sadly don't know any more than you do about it.
> 
> Same here, sorry.

Thanks.  I guess this makes this bug report a request for enhancement,
since no one has implemented TAB completion for input methods.

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