Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico

[Stefan Monnier]

>> I think it would be desirable to change the default UI just enough so that
>> a code like Xref can make `completing-read` display the
>> completions eagerly.
> I did not follow all the details of the earlier discussion, and I'm not sure
> I understand what you mean, but is this not already possible?
> IIUC Icomplete for example does this when icomplete-show-matches-on-no-input
> is non-nil, and RET selects the first entry.

Icomplete is a completion UI, so of course it can do what it wishes.
The question is how can Xref tell the completion UI (whichever the user
has chosen to use) that it's a good idea to do it.


        Stefan