bug#49075: (icomplete-vertical-mode 1) not taking effect

[arvid-harnack]

The argument is that the design is wrong.

Either icomplete-vertical-mode is a regular user option or icomplete-vertical-mode
should enable icomplete-mode too.

Many people would second this

Sincerely

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> To: arvid-harnack@lavache.com
> Subject: bug#49075: (icomplete-vertical-mode 1) not taking effect
> Date: 19/06/2021 15:34:58 Europe/Paris
> Cc: 49075@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> arvid-harnack@lavache.com writes:
>
> > Recently, icomplete-vertical-mode was added.  But calling
> > (icomplete-vertical-mode 1) does not enable vertical completion,
> > unless one has called (icomplete-mode 1) first.
>
> I think that works as designed -- as the doc string says:
>
> "Toggle vertical candidate display in `icomplete-mode' or `fido-mode'."
>
> So the mode can't just switch on icomplete-mode by itself, because it
> works two different modes.
>
> Closing.
>
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