* bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity @ 2022-08-26 1:18 wilnerthomas--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors 2022-08-26 6:09 ` Eli Zaretskii 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: wilnerthomas--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-08-26 1:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 57423 Using "M-x COMMAND TAB" to display minibuffer commands, one gets a temporary Completions Buffer that says Click on a completion to select it Consequently, one cannot complete or go through the possibilities in the minibuffer, but am being forced to either switch to it with "C-x o" a couple of times, or having to use the mouse. An effective way that improves the frequent minibuffer activity (e.g. icomplete lets user select a completion without having to smitch windows), emacs can automatically switch to the completions buffer so one can get to a possible selection using the arrow keys. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity 2022-08-26 1:18 bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity wilnerthomas--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-08-26 6:09 ` Eli Zaretskii 2022-08-26 6:21 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2022-08-26 6:09 UTC (permalink / raw) To: wilnerthomas; +Cc: 57423 > Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 03:18:58 +0200 (CEST) > From: wilnerthomas--- via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, > the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> > > > Using "M-x COMMAND TAB" to display minibuffer commands, one gets a > temporary Completions Buffer that says > > Click on a completion to select it > > Consequently, one cannot complete or go through the possibilities in the minibuffer, > but am being forced to either switch to it with "C-x o" a couple of times, or having > to use the mouse. You don't need to switch or use the mouse. You can instead: . keep typing TAB to scroll through the full list of completion candidates (if the full list takes more than a single window to show), or . type more text in the minibuffer, then press TAB again, to narrow the list of candidates -- the next letter which will narrow the list is displayed in bold in the list of the candidates, or . in Emacs 29, you can type M-<UP> and M-<DOWN> arrow keys to select the candidates > An effective way that improves the frequent minibuffer activity (e.g. icomplete lets user > select a completion without having to smitch windows), emacs can automatically switch > to the completions buffer so one can get to a possible selection using the arrow keys. In Emacs 29, there's a new variable 'completion-auto-select', which does precisely that. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity 2022-08-26 6:09 ` Eli Zaretskii @ 2022-08-26 6:21 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors 2022-08-26 7:01 ` Eli Zaretskii 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-08-26 6:21 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: wilnerthomas, 57423 ------- Original Message ------- On Friday, August 26th, 2022 at 6:09 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote: > > Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 03:18:58 +0200 (CEST) > > From: wilnerthomas--- via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, > > the Swiss army knife of text editors" bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > > > Using "M-x COMMAND TAB" to display minibuffer commands, one gets a > > temporary Completions Buffer that says > > > > Click on a completion to select it > > > > Consequently, one cannot complete or go through the possibilities in the minibuffer, > > but am being forced to either switch to it with "C-x o" a couple of times, or having > > to use the mouse. > > > You don't need to switch or use the mouse. You can instead: > > . keep typing TAB to scroll through the full list of completion > candidates (if the full list takes more than a single window to > show), or Yes, but one cannot select any of them, but just see them getting displayed. > . type more text in the minibuffer, then press TAB again, to narrow > the list of candidates -- the next letter which will narrow the > list is displayed in bold in the list of the candidates, or Yes, but that requires me writing out the entire command. > . in Emacs 29, you can type M-<UP> and M-<DOWN> arrow keys to select > > the candidates So I get to see one by one in the minibuffer itself before hitting RET? > > An effective way that improves the frequent minibuffer activity (e.g. icomplete lets user > > select a completion without having to smitch windows), emacs can automatically switch > > to the completions buffer so one can get to a possible selection using the arrow keys. > > > In Emacs 29, there's a new variable 'completion-auto-select', which > does precisely that. Sounds sufficient. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity 2022-08-26 6:21 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-08-26 7:01 ` Eli Zaretskii 2022-08-26 7:15 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2022-08-26 7:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: uzibalqa; +Cc: wilnerthomas, 57423 > Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 06:21:37 +0000 > From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me> > Cc: wilnerthomas@tutanota.com, 57423@debbugs.gnu.org > > > . in Emacs 29, you can type M-<UP> and M-<DOWN> arrow keys to select > > > > the candidates > > So I get to see one by one in the minibuffer itself before hitting RET? Yes. > > > An effective way that improves the frequent minibuffer activity (e.g. icomplete lets user > > > select a completion without having to smitch windows), emacs can automatically switch > > > to the completions buffer so one can get to a possible selection using the arrow keys. > > > > > > In Emacs 29, there's a new variable 'completion-auto-select', which > > does precisely that. > > Sounds sufficient. So can this bug be closed as resolved? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity 2022-08-26 7:01 ` Eli Zaretskii @ 2022-08-26 7:15 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors 2022-08-26 10:31 ` Eli Zaretskii 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-08-26 7:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: wilnerthomas, 57423 ------- Original Message ------- On Friday, August 26th, 2022 at 7:01 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote: > > Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 06:21:37 +0000 > > From: uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me > > Cc: wilnerthomas@tutanota.com, 57423@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > > . in Emacs 29, you can type M-<UP> and M-<DOWN> arrow keys to select > > > > > > the candidates > > > > So I get to see one by one in the minibuffer itself before hitting RET? > > > Yes. > > > > > An effective way that improves the frequent minibuffer activity (e.g. icomplete lets user > > > > select a completion without having to smitch windows), emacs can automatically switch > > > > to the completions buffer so one can get to a possible selection using the arrow keys. > > > > > > In Emacs 29, there's a new variable 'completion-auto-select', which > > > does precisely that. > > > > Sounds sufficient. > > > So can this bug be closed as resolved? Yes ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* bug#57423: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity 2022-08-26 7:15 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-08-26 10:31 ` Eli Zaretskii 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2022-08-26 10:31 UTC (permalink / raw) To: uzibalqa; +Cc: wilnerthomas, 57423-done > Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 07:15:29 +0000 > From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me> > Cc: wilnerthomas@tutanota.com, 57423@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > > In Emacs 29, there's a new variable 'completion-auto-select', which > > > > does precisely that. > > > > > > Sounds sufficient. > > > > > > So can this bug be closed as resolved? > > Yes Thanks, closing. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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