Editor commands which help you to complete what you are typing, such as
Complete Symbol
(key
Alt+Ctrl+I
in Emacs emulation) and
Complete Input
(key
Tab
in the echo area) now display a window listing possible completions which does not grab the input focus.
While this in-place completion window is displayed, most keyboard input is still processed by the editor as normal, so you can simply continue typing to reduce the number of possible completions displayed.
A few keyboard gestures are handled by the completion window to allow you to select an item from the list of possibilities. These are
Up
,
Down
,
PageUp
,
PageDown
and
Return
, while
Escape
cancels the in-place window.
Occasionally you may want to filter the completions list.
Ctrl+Return
adds/removes this filter.
Ctrl+Shift+Return
redirects input to the filter.
Ctrl+Shift+R
,
Ctrl+Shift+E
and
Ctrl+Shift+C
change the filter mode.
In-place completion allows faster completion, when you get used to it! If you prefer modal completion dialogs instead (as in LispWorks 5.0 and earlier versions) change the Use in-place completion setting as described in Controlling completion behavior.