Re: [elpa] externals/denote 9f692cbbef: Revert "Make 'denote-{title, signature}-prompt' complete from its history"

[Protesilaos Stavrou]

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:21:44 -0400
>
>>     The idea to have completion is good, though this way it breaks with
>>     the default minibuffer setup because SPC tries to complete the
>>     inputted text. Thus the user cannot type freely. This does not happen
>>     with packages that enhance the minibuffer User Interface, such as
>>     'vertico'.
>
> Yes, it's a common problem, but for historical reasons there's
> a reluctance to change the SPC binding in the default completion UI.
> You can work around it with something like
>
>     (minibuffer-with-setup-hook
>         (lambda ()
>           (use-local-map (let ((map (make-composed-keymap
>                                      nil (current-local-map))))
>                            (define-key map (kbd "SPC") nil)
>                            map)))
>       ...)

Thank you, Stefan! Are there any other cases like this one? Or am I safe
to proceed that way?

> We've had discussions around this in the past but no resolution yet.
> Another bug report requesting an easier way to do that may help.

What do you think is the solution here? Perhaps a function that wraps
completing-read in what you shared above? With a name like
'read-string-completion'?

In my case, I want to have something that starts out practically the
same as read-string but then completes against the given minibuffer
history while also accepting new strings.

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