* bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity
@ 2022-08-26 1:18 wilnerthomas--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-26 6:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: wilnerthomas--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-08-26 1:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 57423
Using "M-x COMMAND TAB" to display minibuffer commands, one gets a
temporary Completions Buffer that says
Click on a completion to select it
Consequently, one cannot complete or go through the possibilities in the minibuffer,
but am being forced to either switch to it with "C-x o" a couple of times, or having
to use the mouse.
An effective way that improves the frequent minibuffer activity (e.g. icomplete lets user
select a completion without having to smitch windows), emacs can automatically switch
to the completions buffer so one can get to a possible selection using the arrow keys.
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* bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity
2022-08-26 1:18 bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity wilnerthomas--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
@ 2022-08-26 6:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-26 6:21 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2022-08-26 6:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: wilnerthomas; +Cc: 57423
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 03:18:58 +0200 (CEST)
> From: wilnerthomas--- via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>
>
> Using "M-x COMMAND TAB" to display minibuffer commands, one gets a
> temporary Completions Buffer that says
>
> Click on a completion to select it
>
> Consequently, one cannot complete or go through the possibilities in the minibuffer,
> but am being forced to either switch to it with "C-x o" a couple of times, or having
> to use the mouse.
You don't need to switch or use the mouse. You can instead:
. keep typing TAB to scroll through the full list of completion
candidates (if the full list takes more than a single window to
show), or
. type more text in the minibuffer, then press TAB again, to narrow
the list of candidates -- the next letter which will narrow the
list is displayed in bold in the list of the candidates, or
. in Emacs 29, you can type M-<UP> and M-<DOWN> arrow keys to select
the candidates
> An effective way that improves the frequent minibuffer activity (e.g. icomplete lets user
> select a completion without having to smitch windows), emacs can automatically switch
> to the completions buffer so one can get to a possible selection using the arrow keys.
In Emacs 29, there's a new variable 'completion-auto-select', which
does precisely that.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity
2022-08-26 6:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2022-08-26 6:21 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-26 7:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-08-26 6:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: wilnerthomas, 57423
------- Original Message -------
On Friday, August 26th, 2022 at 6:09 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 03:18:58 +0200 (CEST)
> > From: wilnerthomas--- via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> > the Swiss army knife of text editors" bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> >
> > Using "M-x COMMAND TAB" to display minibuffer commands, one gets a
> > temporary Completions Buffer that says
> >
> > Click on a completion to select it
> >
> > Consequently, one cannot complete or go through the possibilities in the minibuffer,
> > but am being forced to either switch to it with "C-x o" a couple of times, or having
> > to use the mouse.
>
>
> You don't need to switch or use the mouse. You can instead:
>
> . keep typing TAB to scroll through the full list of completion
> candidates (if the full list takes more than a single window to
> show), or
Yes, but one cannot select any of them, but just see them getting displayed.
> . type more text in the minibuffer, then press TAB again, to narrow
> the list of candidates -- the next letter which will narrow the
> list is displayed in bold in the list of the candidates, or
Yes, but that requires me writing out the entire command.
> . in Emacs 29, you can type M-<UP> and M-<DOWN> arrow keys to select
>
> the candidates
So I get to see one by one in the minibuffer itself before hitting RET?
> > An effective way that improves the frequent minibuffer activity (e.g. icomplete lets user
> > select a completion without having to smitch windows), emacs can automatically switch
> > to the completions buffer so one can get to a possible selection using the arrow keys.
>
>
> In Emacs 29, there's a new variable 'completion-auto-select', which
> does precisely that.
Sounds sufficient.
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* bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity
2022-08-26 6:21 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
@ 2022-08-26 7:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-26 7:15 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2022-08-26 7:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: uzibalqa; +Cc: wilnerthomas, 57423
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 06:21:37 +0000
> From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
> Cc: wilnerthomas@tutanota.com, 57423@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > . in Emacs 29, you can type M-<UP> and M-<DOWN> arrow keys to select
> >
> > the candidates
>
> So I get to see one by one in the minibuffer itself before hitting RET?
Yes.
> > > An effective way that improves the frequent minibuffer activity (e.g. icomplete lets user
> > > select a completion without having to smitch windows), emacs can automatically switch
> > > to the completions buffer so one can get to a possible selection using the arrow keys.
> >
> >
> > In Emacs 29, there's a new variable 'completion-auto-select', which
> > does precisely that.
>
> Sounds sufficient.
So can this bug be closed as resolved?
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* bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity
2022-08-26 7:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2022-08-26 7:15 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-26 10:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-08-26 7:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: wilnerthomas, 57423
------- Original Message -------
On Friday, August 26th, 2022 at 7:01 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 06:21:37 +0000
> > From: uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me
> > Cc: wilnerthomas@tutanota.com, 57423@debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > > . in Emacs 29, you can type M-<UP> and M-<DOWN> arrow keys to select
> > >
> > > the candidates
> >
> > So I get to see one by one in the minibuffer itself before hitting RET?
>
>
> Yes.
>
> > > > An effective way that improves the frequent minibuffer activity (e.g. icomplete lets user
> > > > select a completion without having to smitch windows), emacs can automatically switch
> > > > to the completions buffer so one can get to a possible selection using the arrow keys.
> > >
> > > In Emacs 29, there's a new variable 'completion-auto-select', which
> > > does precisely that.
> >
> > Sounds sufficient.
>
>
> So can this bug be closed as resolved?
Yes
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