From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Some help with icomplete
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:40:00 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <867cgxjxb3.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87cyqpycjz.fsf@fuzy.me> (message from Zhengyi Fu on Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:46:56 +0800)
> From: Zhengyi Fu <i@fuzy.me>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:46:56 +0800
>
> Rahul Martim Juliato <rahuljuliato@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Thing is, the list always starts on the next line (that is ok) but on
> > the first column. So it is very strange to M-TAB with the cursor on
> > column 50 and get a list on column 0. If I were using plain
> > `icomplete-mode' (no vertical), it would complete horizontally from the
> > place my cursor is at the moment.
> >
> > Can anyone elucidate me on how to make it work the way I'd like to?
>
> If you compile Emacs from source, you can try this patch:
>
> Index: emacs/lisp/icomplete.el
> ===================================================================
> --- emacs.orig/lisp/icomplete.el
> +++ emacs/lisp/icomplete.el
Since icomplete.el is not preloaded, applying this patch does not
require rebuilding Emacs from sources. It only requires
byte-compiling icomplete.el after patching it, and perhaps restarting
Emacs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-16 12:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-15 17:30 Some help with icomplete Rahul Martim Juliato
2024-04-16 7:46 ` Zhengyi Fu
2024-04-16 12:40 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-04-16 14:18 ` Rahul Martim Juliato
2024-04-17 4:57 ` Zhengyi Fu
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