bug#81537: 32.0.50; Fixing icomplete-in-buffer requiring users to advice-add

Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:22:44 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Juri Linkov [03/Aug  8:06pm +03] wrote:
>>  (defcustom icomplete-in-buffer nil
>>    "If non-nil, use Icomplete when completing in buffers other than minibuffer.
>>  This affects commands like `completion-in-region', but not commands
>> -that use their own completions setup.
>> -
>> -If you would prefer to see only Icomplete's in-buffer display, but do
>> -not want the \"*Completions*\" buffer to pop up in those cases, add
>> -this advice to your init file:
>
> Now we need to replace this with a suggestion how to do the opposite
> for users who want the *Completions* buffer to pop up after TAB.

I don't think this is essential, and if we add it, it should only be in
NEWS.  Happy if you want to add it.

-- 
Sean Whitton