bug#67661: 30.0.50; *Completions* has started popping up for icomplete-in-buffer

[Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>]

Hello,

On Wed 06 Dec 2023 at 08:41pm +02, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> Cc: juri@linkov.net
>> From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
>> Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:30:12 +0000
>>
>> X-debbugs-cc: juri@linkov.net
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> 1. emacs -q
>> 2. (setopt icomplete-in-buffer t)
>> 3. M-x icomplete-mode
>> 4. M-x eshell
>> 5. try to tab-complete something where there is more than one possible
>>    completion, e.g. ls<TAB> in a directory with many files.
>>
>> Previously you would get the icomplete in buffer completion.
>> Now, additionally, *Completions* pops up, but it doesn't make sense to
>> have both.
>
> AFAICT, the above description of the problem is inaccurate.  The
> *Completions* buffer would pop up in previous versions as well, but
> only after a second TAB.  Whereas the in-buffer completion would show
> after the first TAB.  Now in Emacs 30 after the first TAB nothing
> happens, and after the second TAB you see the same display as
> previously after the second TAB: both in-buffer completion and the
> *Completions* buffer popped up.
>
> So I think the problem is that the first TAB does NOT show in-buffer
> completion anymore in the above scenario.

Confirmed, thank you.

-- 
Sean Whitton