From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@catern.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Navigating completions from minibuffer
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 09:36:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <864jhokelp.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86fs1c3yml.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (Juri Linkov's message of "Sat, 11 Nov 2023 20:58:58 +0200")
>>> Probably we have to make RET more smart, so that when more editing
>>> was performed in the minibuffer after the completions were displayed,
>>> then to use the minibuffer contents with exit-minibuffer,
>>> not an obsolete completion candidate that remains selected.
>>
>> Interesting solution! So if the last relevant command was changing the
>> selected candidate, then RET submits the candidate; if the last relevant
>> command was editing the minibuffer, then RET submits the minibuffer
>> text.
>>
>> What about the case where I type some text, switch between some
>> completion candidates in *Completions*, then decide I don't want any of
>> them and hit RET to submit the minibuffer text? That's something that
>> works today. Can we support that somehow?
>
> Currently the suggested way to avoid selecting a highlighted candidate
> is to close the completions window with C-g, i.e. it adheres
> to the principle “what you see is what you get” - when you see
> a highlighted candidate then you will get it, otherwise you will get
> the minibuffer contents.
So there are at least 2 variants what to do when completing-read is used
as selection rather than completion:
1. On editing the minibuffer close the completions window as expired.
Shouldn't 'completion-auto-help' support this case?
Should it have a new value 'close'?
Or need to create a new option 'completion-auto-close'?
2. AFAIR, 'completion-auto-update' already closes the completions window
if none of completion candidates matches the contents of the minibuffer?
So editing the minibuffer never causes a situation where a highlighted
candidate doesn't match the minibuffer contents?
And typing some characters to narrow down the completions
always keeps the highlighted candidate selected?
Then there is no problem.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-14 7:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-11-07 3:57 Navigating completions from minibuffer T.V Raman
2023-11-07 4:55 ` T.V Raman
2023-11-07 7:20 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-07 17:53 ` T.V Raman
2023-11-07 19:36 ` T.V Raman
2023-11-08 7:39 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-08 16:21 ` T.V Raman
2023-11-08 17:18 ` T.V Raman
2023-11-08 22:11 ` Slow completion-at-point was " T.V Raman
2023-11-09 7:22 ` Slow completion-at-point Juri Linkov
2023-11-09 12:10 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-11-09 16:20 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-09 18:32 ` João Távora
2023-11-11 2:48 ` T.V Raman
2023-11-11 10:36 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-11-11 16:40 ` T.V Raman
2023-11-11 19:00 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-11 19:43 ` T.V Raman
2023-11-11 21:50 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-11-09 15:39 ` T.V Raman
2023-11-09 12:20 ` Slow completion-at-point was Re: Navigating completions from minibuffer Dmitry Gutov
2023-11-09 15:41 ` T.V Raman
2023-11-09 17:46 ` T.V Raman
2023-11-10 13:12 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-11 18:58 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-14 7:36 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2023-11-15 21:40 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-16 17:15 ` T.V Raman
2023-11-15 22:03 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-16 7:16 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-16 14:41 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-16 17:28 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-16 18:25 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-17 7:09 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-17 17:22 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-18 20:58 ` sbaugh
2023-11-19 7:08 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-19 8:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-19 14:41 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-19 18:01 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-19 19:41 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-20 2:58 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-23 13:39 ` sbaugh
2023-11-24 7:54 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-25 15:19 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-25 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-25 18:23 ` sbaugh
2023-11-25 18:48 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-26 13:10 ` sbaugh
2023-11-25 19:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-25 17:46 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-26 14:33 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-27 7:22 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-28 14:48 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-28 17:23 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-29 0:20 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-12-03 17:21 ` Juri Linkov
2023-12-03 18:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-06 17:20 ` Juri Linkov
2023-12-06 17:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-07 7:44 ` Juri Linkov
2023-12-08 8:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
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