emacs-completions-frame

Show *Completions* buffer in child frame.

Basically it's the function for display-buffer-alist with some child frame's position and size manipulation:

• Completions frame placed near the point;
• It is placed above or below point depending on completions frame height and available space around the point;
• Initial frame width is set to 1 so completion list is arranged in single column. This behavior can be configured via completions-frame-width variable.

How it looks like

Company

This package is mainly for those who prefer built-in completion-at-point for completions. Happy company-mode users can take a look at company-box, company-posframe, etc. But company-mode users still may find this package useful: minibuffer completions are also shown in the child frame! Like this:

Installation and usage

completions-frame is available on MELPA.

Alternatively, you can download completions-frame.el and run:

M-x package-install-file RET <path-to-completions-frame-el> RET

M-x completions-frame-mode RET