Re: Awful completion buffer behaviour

[Po Lu]

Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:

>> Pressing tab in the minibuffer when a completions buffer is visible used
>> to scroll the window containing that buffer.
>>
>> In Emacs 29, it selects that window instead, and moves point to the next
>> visible completion.
>
> Maybe TAB should not try to switch to the completions buffer
> when it's already visible.

I think TAB should scroll the window containing the buffer, and if it is
not visible, it should make the buffer visible without selecting it.

Otherwise, you have to press C-x o if you want to continue typing
without selecting anything.