problem with tab complete in shell

[fkgruber]

Hi
I've been having some issues sometimes when I try to do tab complete on a shell and the windows is small.
Is there some adjustment to deal with cases like these?

For example, of the windows is big enough it works:

but if I shrink the windows a bit the tab complete just breaks. How to fix this?

Sometimes it works a partially:

[abo-abo]

Thanks. I've added a fall back to minibuffer for this situation.

[fkgruber]

Great thanks. is this change updated on melpa?

[abo-abo]

Yes. MELPA updates every 4 hours.

[fkgruber]

Which packages need to be updated? I updated ivy and counsel but I still see the same issue:
if I tab after ls fig_

I get

[abo-abo]

Just remove the package from elpa/ directory manually and restart/reinstall.

[fkgruber]

I tried removing ivy and counsel and reinstalling and I still see the same issue. how can I check the version that is installed to make sure I'm using the right one?
doing:

I get:

[fkgruber]

alternatively is there a way to disable ivy in a particular buffer while keeping it active in the rest?

[abo-abo]

You can use:

(setq ivy-display-functions-alist nil)

But as far as I can see, the issue was fixed. If you can provide a reproducible scenario with emacs -Q, let me know.

[fkgruber]

I ran emacs -Q
then executed

(package-initialize)
(ivy-mode 1)
(setq ivy-use-virtual-buffers t)
(setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t)

then I opened a second windows in the frame
opened a shell M-x shell

then make the shell window small using C-x ^

This breaks tab complete or C-M-i

Interestingly this does not happen in eshell. In eshell tab complete simply ignores ivy and C-M-i complete elisp commands and works fine.

[fkgruber]

Hi
I used
(setq ivy-display-functions-alist nil)
to disable to options in-place ad use the minibufer instead. But how to do I go back to the default?

thanks

[abo-abo]

The previous fix was for the situation when there's not enough horizontal space.

The current fix is for the situation when there's not enough vertical space.

Please test again.