From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: arvid-harnack@lavache.com
Subject: bug#49075: (icomplete-vertical-mode 1) not taking effect
Date: 20/06/2021 01:02:17 Europe/Paris
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>;
49075@debbugs.gnu.org
>>> > Recently, icomplete-vertical-mode was added. But calling
>>> > (icomplete-vertical-mode 1) does not enable vertical completion,
>>> > unless one has called (icomplete-mode 1) first.
>>>
>>> I think that works as designed -- as the doc string says:
>>>
>>> "Toggle vertical candidate display in `icomplete-mode' or `fido-mode'."
>>>
>>> So the mode can't just switch on icomplete-mode by itself, because it
>>> works two different modes.
>>
>> Either icomplete-vertical-mode is a regular user option or icomplete-vertical-mode
>> should enable icomplete-mode too.
>This will require adding separate `fido-vertical-mode'.
I have put forward an alternative plan
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Currently (icomplete-mode 1) is necessary. And (icomplete-vertical-mode 1) is relatively new.
Emacs could ditch (icomplete-vertical-mode 1).
Instead, have a variable one can set (such functionality is already being done for completion-style).
Users can just put
(icomplete-mode 1)
(setq icomplete-vertical 1)
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To disable, one could use
(setq icomplete-vertical 0)
Moreover one can use negative numbers
(setq icomplete-vertical -1)
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To disable icomplete totally, use
(icomplete-mode 0)
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In summary there shall be no
(icomplete-vertical-mode 1)
or
(icomplete-vertical-mode 0)
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From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: arvid-harnack@lavache.com
Subject: bug#49075: (icomplete-vertical-mode 1) not taking effect
Date: 20/06/2021 01:02:17 Europe/Paris
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>;
49075@debbugs.gnu.org
>> > Recently, icomplete-vertical-mode was added. But calling
>> > (icomplete-vertical-mode 1) does not enable vertical completion,
>> > unless one has called (icomplete-mode 1) first.
>>
>> I think that works as designed -- as the doc string says:
>>
>> "Toggle vertical candidate display in `icomplete-mode' or `fido-mode'."
>>
>> So the mode can't just switch on icomplete-mode by itself, because it
>> works two different modes.
>
> Either icomplete-vertical-mode is a regular user option or icomplete-vertical-mode
> should enable icomplete-mode too.
This will require adding separate `fido-vertical-mode'.