RE: [External] : Re: Word completion in text modes

[Drew Adams]

> > Btw, reusing the *Completions* buffer might cause problems on its own,
> > regardless of the ispell-complete-word issue: what if this completion
> > is invoked while typing at the prompt of a command that already popped
> > up the *Completions* buffer?
> 
> That's interesting.  I guess Emacs could keep a stack of such nested
> completion sessions and restore the first session when the other ends.
> I'm not sure if there's something of that sorts in place.

There is something: recursive editing levels.

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Recursive-Edit.html

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See also the little library `rec-edit.el'.
Among other things, it can help you deal
with the "Stuck Recursive" problem.

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/rec-edit.el

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/RecursiveEdit#rec-edit.el

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Stuck-Recursive.html