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Peter Lee wrote:

> I've been looking for something that would allow me to incrementally
> search the the completion buffer and take what I select and stick it
> in the minibuffer.

> search-completion looks like it's just what I want, but it doesn't
> work on 21.3.

I've managed to get it working on Emacs 21[1].  Get it from <URL:
http://www.vegetable.demon.co.uk/wence/search-completions.el>.
I might post it to ges at some point.

[...]

[1]  It Works For Me(tm), YMMV.  bug reports welcome.

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lawrence mitchell <wence@gmx.li>