Re: zsh-like zcomplete-mode based on icomplete-mode

[Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 10:16:10PM +0300, Juri Linkov wrote:
>> Ok, now it works better... But this is not zsh completion anymore ;) The
>> dynamic table auto-refresh is nice for people who like icomplete/ido but
>> it is a different use case and after a while it starts becoming annoying
>> for quick uses... but this is a personal preference probably.
>
>zsh does the same when configured with
>
>  zstyle ':completion:*' menu select interactive
>
Yes we already mention that, but such behavior is not the default, wo
when we say zsh behavior, that's not usually what a zsh user expects.

>So we should have a variable to enable/disable interactive auto-refresh.
>
>> On the other hand I cannot use the up and down arrows anymore for search
>> in the history with commands like previous-complete-history-element
>
>Another variable could provide at least 3 choices:
>
>1. never enable arrows, then use only special keys like
>   in icomplete-mode C-./C-, but this is not quite convenient;
>
This will be like not having the zcomplete-mode enabled right?

>2. always enable arrows like in icomplete-vertical-mode,
>   but this disables history navigation;
>
>3. enable arrows only when the Completions window is displayed,
>   this assumes that auto-refresh is disabled, otherwise
>   the Completions window is displayed almost always.
>
This is in my opinion the only real zsh like behavior. If completions
are not visible, it does not make sense to enable arrow navigation.

>> There is a detail when completion-format is one-column and it is when
>> using zcomplete-previous-line-completion, some candidates are not
>> highlighted... when we go to the last candidate and return... It seems
>> like the cursor goes at the end of the candidate where the face-cursor
>> is not set.
>
>This looks like bug#54374.

No, this only happens with the minibuffer navigation... with normal
navigation in completions there is not issue for me.