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Re: Some help with icomplete
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Some help with icomplete |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:40:00 +0300 |
> From: Zhengyi Fu <i@fuzy.me>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:46:56 +0800
>
> Rahul Martim Juliato <rahuljuliato@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Thing is, the list always starts on the next line (that is ok) but on
> > the first column. So it is very strange to M-TAB with the cursor on
> > column 50 and get a list on column 0. If I were using plain
> > `icomplete-mode' (no vertical), it would complete horizontally from the
> > place my cursor is at the moment.
> >
> > Can anyone elucidate me on how to make it work the way I'd like to?
>
> If you compile Emacs from source, you can try this patch:
>
> Index: emacs/lisp/icomplete.el
> ===================================================================
> --- emacs.orig/lisp/icomplete.el
> +++ emacs/lisp/icomplete.el
Since icomplete.el is not preloaded, applying this patch does not
require rebuilding Emacs from sources. It only requires
byte-compiling icomplete.el after patching it, and perhaps restarting
Emacs.