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>> Good point.  I hadn't thought about that.  Well, C-M-v can be used
>> for scrolling.  Or TAB scrolls until it arrives at the end and then
>> starts cycling.  Probably depends on taste.
> Maybe it could be sensitive to the speed of tab'n?  2 tabs in succession

I think Kai's suggestion makes perfect sense.  After all, if the
list of completions is long enough to span two screens, then
you probably don't want to start cycling through them,


        Stefan