From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: uzibalqa via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 06:21:37 +0000 Message-ID: References: <835yif359l.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: uzibalqa Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="671"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: wilnerthomas@tutanota.com, 57423@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 26 08:22:37 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oRSjl-000AYt-7Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 08:22:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37132 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oRSjj-00025g-Nv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 02:22:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51444) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oRSjE-00025L-Cc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 02:22:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33873) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oRSjC-0007wU-Vm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 02:22:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oRSjB-0003ar-HH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 02:22:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: uzibalqa Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 06:22:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 57423 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 57423-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B57423.166149492013806 (code B ref 57423); Fri, 26 Aug 2022 06:22:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 57423) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Aug 2022 06:22:00 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51855 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oRSj6-0003aZ-JT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 02:22:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4027.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.27]:44555) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oRSj2-0003aJ-Er for 57423@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 02:21:56 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=rcbhb4k5lzhkjaqgpxu7c6aohy.protonmail; t=1661494906; x=1661754106; bh=1uEoGHJQZRWSbnahbQYg6wFN3twIO78A4tNTxpYl7y4=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To: References:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To: Feedback-ID:Message-ID; b=Ru3yVVvxBd2h+czHN//8ALjUYU4DBQkel9xFjFi8rLmo72NGiAui7oSGQvUzupbGL t1Ze1Dcie7axazanaAbG7tXEajca4Bc6ui2GKb1kn/rwLrfIGpxDTVc3PKUQi8ROJC IpdOV7jXma4j35gF5SdTZOKMTOQ8yEAXep39kyXCo6NBAE1tSEYa7E9yvkigMaJRSp 1JqP5BOhLsPwzkfim1Od5r44MNfdonkBczY+uiXpLjAqhjnDHDRriQzvFkTwNQR/gx BqSt085zInvjwNsFOgjKyD680TcS/m1yxVcpM9LKXOgVE430hwnBeQ8tt0pHjKV2A/ O/xwWYkOyrIsw== In-Reply-To: <835yif359l.fsf@gnu.org> Feedback-ID: 52887082:user:proton X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" X-ACL-Warn: , uzibalqa Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:240774 Archived-At: ------- Original Message ------- On Friday, August 26th, 2022 at 6:09 AM, Eli Zaretskii 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 > >=20 > > Using "M-x COMMAND TAB" to display minibuffer commands, one gets a > > temporary Completions Buffer that says > >=20 > > Click on a completion to select it > >=20 > > Consequently, one cannot complete or go through the possibilities in th= e minibuffer, > > but am being forced to either switch to it with "C-x o" a couple of tim= es, or having > > to use the mouse. >=20 >=20 > You don't need to switch or use the mouse. You can instead: >=20 > . 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- and M- arrow keys to select >=20 > the candidates So I get to see one by one in the minibuffer itself before hitting RET? =20 > > An effective way that improves the frequent minibuffer activity (e.g. i= complete lets user > > select a completion without having to smitch windows), emacs can automa= tically switch > > to the completions buffer so one can get to a possible selection using = the arrow keys. >=20 >=20 > In Emacs 29, there's a new variable 'completion-auto-select', which > does precisely that. Sounds sufficient.