Re: Question to completion

["Ehud Karni" <ehud@unix.mvs.co.il>]

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On 08 Nov 2003 13:52:06 +0100, Klaus Berndl <klaus.berndl@sdm.de> wrote:
>
> Suppose i have s command like follows:
>
> (defun offer-some-choices ()
>   (interactive)
>   (completing-read "Select a name: " '(("Klaus" . t) ("Berndl" . t))))
>
> Then this displays in the minibuffer "Select a name: " and then wait for input
> from the user.
>
> How can i achieve that always - *without* the user has to hit TAB - the
> possible completions are displayed immediately?

You have 2 choices:
  1. Run the function corresponding to [tab] 3 times (by preloading the
     keyboard buffer or by adding it to `minibuffer-setup-hook'.
     This will make some extra displays and has built in delay.
  2. Defining a simple function to display all possible completions
     and adding it to `minibuffer-setup-hook'.

Here is the function and an example to the 2nd solution:

(defun minibuffer-all-completion ()
       (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Completions*"
           (display-completion-list (all-completions "" minibuffer-completion-table))))

;; An example.
(defun offer-some-choices ()
  (interactive)
       (let* ((minibuffer-setup-hook
                    (append minibuffer-setup-hook '(minibuffer-all-completion))))
           (completing-read "Select a name: "
                   '(("Klaus" . t) ("Klaus-2" . t) ("Klaus-3" . t)))
           ))

Ehud.


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