Re: Word completion in text modes

[Eshel Yaron]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com>
>> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 20:03:45 +0100
>>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> > ...We could make the old UI an opt-in behavior, but tossing it
>> > altogether is not something I'd welcome.
>>
>> I think we mostly agree then, because I didn't suggest tossing the old
>> UI anywhere.  To opt-in to the old behavior, you'd say:
>>
>>   (keymap-set text-mode-map "C-M-i" #'ispell-complete-word)
>>
>> That seems to me like a simple enough tip for users that we could appear
>> in a NEWS entry.  Does that sound reasonable?
>
> I'd prefer a solution that didn't require key bindings.  Something
> like a user option.

That'd indeed be more convenient for some users, I suppose.
I'm attaching below a patch that facilitates using `completion-at-point`
in Text mode instead of `ispell-complete-word` by default.  Other than
the somewhat awkward name of the user option that restores the binding,
I'm pretty happy with this patch as it brings about the three benefits I
outlined in my original message in this thread.  WDYT?

0001-Unbind-C-M-i-in-Text-mode.patch
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