Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> writes:

>> I agree that this behaves better, but the empty content with completing-read
>> looks a bit confusing (if arrow keys or tab aren't pressed)

You're right. Taking a look at this with completing-read I see it's not
obvious what defaulting will do.

> we could also drop the default/initial input:

The default is usually what I want to select, so I like being able to
just hit tab/enter to select it.

>> I don't know how ido-replaced completing-read (just ido-completing-read ?)
>> works there, though.

I'm using ido-ubiquitous, which installs ido-completing-read overtop
completing-read along with some compatability tweaks.