More than a month after my commitment to
the default built-in completion system I can say that everything has been going
smoothly. I adjusted my muscle memory to hit TAB
in the minibuffer
whenever I need to pop up the *Completions* window, which to my surprise has
not been happening as much as I was expecting. The only thing that I added to
the original setup is the following:
(keymap-set completion-list-mode-map "M-e" #'switch-to-minibuffer)
This is easier to reach than M-g M-c when I want to move from the completion window to the minibuffer. Admittedly, it’s not something that I do often, but it can be useful if I need to edit what I have just typed.
If you are wondering why I chose M-e
for this, the answer is simple.
I like isearch-edit-string and use it regularly, plus the e in
M-e
reminds me of the verb “edit”, which is what this key binding
allows me to do.