Re: display-completion-list

[Kevin Rodgers]

Kai Großjohann wrote:

> Roland Winkler <Roland.Winkler@physik.uni-erlangen.de> writes:
>
>
> > Suppose I have the function
> >
> > (defun foo ()
> >  (interactive)
> >  (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Completions*"
> >    (display-completion-list '("a" "b" "d"))))
> >
> > This will open a completion buffer. If I select a completion in this
> > buffer by clicking <mouse-2> on a completion, the selection will be
> > inserted in the active buffer at the position of point. How does the
> > insertion happen in detail?
>
> I don't know.  Here is how I find out:
>
> I run the code.  I position point on one of the completions and do
> C-h k RET.  It tells me that it runs the command choose-completions.
> I have a wild hunch that there might be a variable with a similar
> name, so I type C-h v choos TAB...  Bingo!

In Emacs 21.3 I get

        Describe variable: choos [No match]

But there's always

        (defadvice choose-completion (after ...) ...)

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