bug#45768: bug#45767: bug#45768: icomplete-mode does not provide in region completion for dabbrev-completion

[Stefan Monnier]

Juri Linkov [2022-05-09 21:41:13] wrote:
>>> Could you explain where do you see that icomplete-mode is not invoked?
>>> Should it enable icomplete keys in the buffer?  Or there is some
>>> visual difference before the fixes and after?
>> Stefan fixed this now, I think?
> How do you see that it's fixed?

Try the recipe given in the bug report.  You should see now that after
M-C-/ the possible completions get listed (in icomplete-mode style) on
the same line (via an overlay).

The `icomplete-in-buffer` functionality is very rough around the edges.
I only implemented it as a kind of "proof of concept".  I think things
like `corfu-mode` work much better (because they don't displace
existing text in the buffer, they are just drawn on top of it).
[ To be honest, in my memory (from when I wrote the code), the list was
  shown in the echo area rather than "inline".  ]


        Stefan