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

Juri Linkov [06/Aug  9:12pm +03] wrote:
> I still don't understand why should we suppress displaying of
> *Completions* after the user types 'C-M-i' (completion-at-point)
> whose primary purpose is to display the *Completions* window
> like 'TAB' (minibuffer-complete) does in the minibuffer
> even when icomplete-mode is enabled.
>
> Can we step back and rethink this feature?  When doing it right,
> displaying inline icomplete completions should not require typing
> a special key.  It should show completions immediately like
> icomplete-mode already does in the minibuffer.

Either I am misunderstanding you or I completely disagree, as an
Icomplete user for a long time.  It would be a huge distraction if
Icomplete kept showing up during ordinary typing, just because
completion was possible.  And, I specifically want Icomplete to replace
*Completions*, because they serve basically the same purpose.

What you are describing sounds more like completion-preview-mode.

-- 
Sean Whitton