Re: [PATCH] `completing-read`: Add `group-function` support to completion metadata

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> So it's better if at least icomplete-mode is enabled, preferably with an
>>> option which shows the completions right away with no input. And the
>>> vertical style should be even better.
>> 
>> Maybe we could accommodate this in the default UI by adding an option to
>> eagerly popup the *Completions* buffer (and keep it updated as long as
>> it's displayed) and to keep it disabled by default but make it possible
>> to enable it via completion-category-(overrides|defaults).
>
> Yes, this sounds useful. It is similar to the configuration by
> Protesilaos Stavrou, as he described in his other mail.

Indeed.

> Maybe it makes sense to integrate such enhancements directly in
> minibuffer.el.

That's what I meant, yes.


        Stefan