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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:327039 Archived-At: Spyros Roum writes: > Juri Linkov wrote: >>>> You can use 'C-x ' in the compile prompt to complete on past commands. >>> This is indeed a lot closer to what I want, however it still lacks a lot of >>> things compared to my solution. >>> >>> Unless there is some package/mode I don't know about, It's a lot less >>> dynamic, for instance I can't keep typing to reduce possible items. >> There were many proposals how to implement `eager-update' to update >> *Completions* as you type. We just need to put together all parts. > > I'm probably out of my depth here, as I'm not very familiar with > *Completions*. > Is there a good reason to stick to it when `completing-read` works > well and as far as I can tell > does a very similar/the same job? *Completions* is just the buffer that pops up by default when completing-read cannot expand the input unambiguously anymore? > I have a patch almost ready based on Philip's feedback that I will be > sharing today or tomorrow. > If, however, the consensus is that it's not a good fit and that `C-x > ` and *Completions* is good enough, > that's fine by me. I don't see a harm in having an additional user option. Why, it might even be a popular thing to allow all shell commands prompts to fall back onto completing-read, considering how evil users apparently cannot make use of C-r? Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Juri Linkov >> Cc: philipk@posteo.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org >> Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 19:03:50 +0200 >> >> > I'm trying to get the compile prompt to suggest completion based on past >> > commands I've run. >> >> You can use 'C-x ' in the compile prompt to complete on past commands. > > Why the heck is this useful command completely undocumented?? I second this confusion, and want to mention that the binding is not that convenient + might be shadowed for windmove users.