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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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:259233 Archived-At: > > Cycling is actually a fairly inefficient, unconscious > > way to navigate among candidates. It's handy, but > > dumb cycling shouldn't be the only or the main way to > > get around. >=20 > I agree. I tried the completions-highlight-modifications branch, but > unfortunately restricting a set of navigation keys limits the freedom > of using any navigation key for browsing completion candidates that is > available today. What I mean is that currently it's possible in the > minibuffer to type (switch-to-completions), and then all keys > are available for selecting a completion: arrow keys, page scrolling > keys - even completion drop-down combo in browser's address bar allows > page scrolling. I expressed that (and meant it) generally. But in particular I meant that the real power of completion (matching/filtering) is your friend. Cycling is handiest when combined with that. (And in particular when combined with progressive completion.) ___ As for navigating among candidates, cycling is fine if you also have an easy way to get directly to a given candidate (and so restart cycling from there). As for scrolling, in Icicles the usual `C-v' and `M-v' scroll *Completions*. It was always misguided for vanilla Emacs to use TAB for that, IMO. ___ And yes, there should be keys to toggle the input focus. Icicles uses `C-insert' to move the cursor back and forth between the minibuffer and *Completions*. It moves between the current candidate in the minibuffer (from cycling) to/from the same candidate in *Completions*. Likewise, to move back & forth between the minibuffer and the buffer from which you activated the minibuffer. Icicles uses the `pause' key for that. This lets you interrupt completion to search, edit, etc. in the original buffer, without needing a recursive edit. ___ https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Moving_Between_the_Minibuffer_and= _Other_Buffers