Jump to first,last completion with M-<, M-> in icomplete-vertical-mode

Fixes: bug#49005

Co-authored-by: Simon Lang <simon.lang@outlook.com>

* lisp/icomplete.el (icomplete-backward-completions): Return
non-nil iff something was stepped.  Ajust docstring.
(icomplete-forward-completions): Adjust docstring.
(icomplete-vertical-goto-first, icomplete-vertical-goto-last): New commands.
(icomplete-vertical-mode-minibuffer-map): Bind new commands to M-< and M->.

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/icomplete.el b/lisp/icomplete.el
index e06b33e43bb..96b7e0f2014 100644
--- a/lisp/icomplete.el
+++ b/lisp/icomplete.el
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ the default otherwise."
 (defun icomplete-forward-completions ()
   "Step forward completions by one entry.
 Second entry becomes the first and can be selected with
-`icomplete-force-complete-and-exit'."
+`icomplete-force-complete-and-exit'.
+Return non-nil iff something was stepped."
   (interactive)
   (let* ((beg (icomplete--field-beg))
          (end (icomplete--field-end))
@@ -266,21 +267,35 @@ Second entry becomes the first and can be selected with
 (defun icomplete-backward-completions ()
   "Step backward completions by one entry.
 Last entry becomes the first and can be selected with
-`icomplete-force-complete-and-exit'."
+`icomplete-force-complete-and-exit'.
+Return non-nil iff something was stepped."
   (interactive)
   (let* ((beg (icomplete--field-beg))
          (end (icomplete--field-end))
          (comps (completion-all-sorted-completions beg end))
-	 last-but-one)
-    (cond ((and icomplete-scroll icomplete--scrolled-past)
-           (push (pop icomplete--scrolled-past) comps)
-           (setq icomplete--scrolled-completions comps))
-          ((and (not icomplete-scroll)
-                (consp (cdr (setq last-but-one (last comps 2)))))
-           ;; At least two elements in comps
-           (push (car (cdr last-but-one)) comps)
-           (setcdr last-but-one (cdr (cdr last-but-one)))))
-    (completion--cache-all-sorted-completions beg end comps)))
+         last-but-one)
+    (prog1
+        (cond ((and icomplete-scroll icomplete--scrolled-past)
+               (push (pop icomplete--scrolled-past) comps)
+               (setq icomplete--scrolled-completions comps))
+              ((and (not icomplete-scroll)
+                    (consp (cdr (setq last-but-one (last comps 2)))))
+               ;; At least two elements in comps
+               (push (car (cdr last-but-one)) comps)
+               (setcdr last-but-one (cdr (cdr last-but-one)))))
+      (completion--cache-all-sorted-completions beg end comps))))
+
+(defun icomplete-vertical-goto-first ()
+  "Go to first completions entry when `icomplete-scroll' is non-nil."
+  (interactive)
+  (unless icomplete-scroll (error "Only works with `icomplete-scroll'"))
+  (while (icomplete-backward-completions)))
+
+(defun icomplete-vertical-goto-last ()
+  "Go to last completions entry when `icomplete-scroll' is non-nil."
+  (interactive)
+  (unless icomplete-scroll (error "Only works with `icomplete-scroll'"))
+  (while (icomplete-forward-completions)))
 
 ;;;_* Helpers for `fido-mode' (or `ido-mode' emulation)
 
@@ -609,6 +624,8 @@ Usually run by inclusion in `minibuffer-setup-hook'."
   (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
     (define-key map (kbd "C-n") 'icomplete-forward-completions)
     (define-key map (kbd "C-p") 'icomplete-backward-completions)
+    (define-key map (kbd "M-<") 'icomplete-vertical-goto-first)
+    (define-key map (kbd "M->") 'icomplete-vertical-goto-last)
     map)
   "Keymap used by `icomplete-vertical-mode' in the minibuffer.")