*Completions* buffer is overly intrusive

*Completions* buffer is overly intrusive

[Shayne Steele]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.3 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8, X toolkit)
 of 2002-05-09 on diablo
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

The *Completions* buffer is overly intrusive, it NEVER goes away.
It appears (good) but then stays (bad) it has to be manually deleted, 
When I work with a split frame, it covers one of the buffers I was
working on and even after the reason it appeared is over it still
stays.  I must manually delete it. 
Please add a small timer to the *Completions* buffer so that after 10
or 12 seconds (more than enough time to read it) it will go away.



Recent input:
C-x d <return> C-x 2 ESC x s h e l l <return> l e s 
s SPC . <tab> a l <tab> <return> q <return> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> 
<report-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:
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Loading dired...done
Reading directory /home/grads/steele/...done
Loading shell...done
Completing file name...
Loading view...done
Hit space to flush
Completing file name...
Partially completed
Loading emacsbug...done