bug#43774: 27.1; fido-mode completion don't accept empty string nor matching substring

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> writes:

> * 2020-10-04 10:18:34+03, Protesilaos Stavrou wrote:
>
>> Try to use C-j (icomplete-force-complete-and-exit) to insert a
>> substring that is not part of the list of candidates.
>
> It doesn't work with my test cases. C-j in fido-mode selects the current
> option, not the typed (sub)string.

Yes, there seems to be no way to select the empty string in fido-mode
with C-j, as far as I can tell (with your test case).

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