Variable: completions-format

completions-format is a customizable variable defined in minibuffer.el.gz.

Value

horizontal

Documentation

Define the appearance and sorting of completions.

If the value is vertical, display completions sorted vertically in columns in the *Completions* buffer. If the value is horizontal, display completions sorted in columns horizontally in alphabetical order, rather than down the screen. If the value is one-column, display completions down the screen in one column.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 23.2.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 23.2.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/minibuffer.el.gz
(defcustom completions-format 'horizontal
  "Define the appearance and sorting of completions.
If the value is `vertical', display completions sorted vertically
in columns in the *Completions* buffer.
If the value is `horizontal', display completions sorted in columns
horizontally in alphabetical order, rather than down the screen.
If the value is `one-column', display completions down the screen
in one column."
  :type '(choice (const horizontal) (const vertical) (const one-column))
  :version "23.2")