[3.13] gh-120041: Do not use append_to_screen when completions are visible (GH-120042) (#120051)

* gh-120041: Do not use append_to_screen when completions are visible (GH-120042)
(cherry picked from commit 8fc7653766)

* gh-120041: Refactor check for visible completion menu in completing_reader (GH-120055)
(cherry picked from commit bf8e5e53d0)
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Co-authored-by: Lysandros Nikolaou <lisandrosnik@gmail.com>

Lib/_pyrepl/completing_reader.py

@@ -187,18 +187,20 @@ class complete(commands.Command):
             if p:
                 r.insert(p)
             if last_is_completer:
-                if not r.cmpltn_menu_visible:
-                    r.cmpltn_menu_visible = True
+                r.cmpltn_menu_visible = True
+                r.cmpltn_message_visible = False
                 r.cmpltn_menu, r.cmpltn_menu_end = build_menu(
                     r.console, completions, r.cmpltn_menu_end,
                     r.use_brackets, r.sort_in_column)
                 r.dirty = True
-            elif stem + p in completions:
-                r.msg = "[ complete but not unique ]"
-                r.dirty = True
-            else:
-                r.msg = "[ not unique ]"
-                r.dirty = True
+            elif not r.cmpltn_menu_visible:
+                r.cmpltn_message_visible = True
+                if stem + p in completions:
+                    r.msg = "[ complete but not unique ]"
+                    r.dirty = True
+                else:
+                    r.msg = "[ not unique ]"
+                    r.dirty = True
 
 
 class self_insert(commands.self_insert):
@@ -208,6 +210,9 @@ class self_insert(commands.self_insert):
 
         commands.self_insert.do(self)
 
+        if r.cmpltn_menu_visible or r.cmpltn_message_visible:
+            r.calc_screen = r.calc_complete_screen
+
         if r.cmpltn_menu_visible:
             stem = r.get_stem()
             if len(stem) < 1:
@@ -236,6 +241,7 @@ class CompletingReader(Reader):
     ### Instance variables
     cmpltn_menu: list[str] = field(init=False)
     cmpltn_menu_visible: bool = field(init=False)
+    cmpltn_message_visible: bool = field(init=False)
     cmpltn_menu_end: int = field(init=False)
     cmpltn_menu_choices: list[str] = field(init=False)
 
@@ -271,6 +277,7 @@ class CompletingReader(Reader):
     def cmpltn_reset(self) -> None:
         self.cmpltn_menu = []
         self.cmpltn_menu_visible = False
+        self.cmpltn_message_visible = False
         self.cmpltn_menu_end = 0
         self.cmpltn_menu_choices = []
 

Lib/test/test_pyrepl/support.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def code_to_events(code: str):
 
 
 def prepare_reader(console: Console, **kwargs):
-    config = ReadlineConfig(readline_completer=None)
+    config = ReadlineConfig(readline_completer=kwargs.pop("readline_completer", None))
     reader = ReadlineAlikeReader(console=console, config=config)
     reader.more_lines = partial(more_lines, namespace=None)
     reader.paste_mode = True  # Avoid extra indents

Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_reader.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import itertools
 import functools
+import rlcompleter
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 from .support import handle_all_events, handle_events_narrow_console, code_to_events, prepare_reader
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ from _pyrepl.reader import Reader
 
 class TestReader(TestCase):
     def assert_screen_equals(self, reader, expected):
-        actual = reader.calc_screen()
+        actual = reader.screen
         expected = expected.split("\n")
         self.assertListEqual(actual, expected)
 
@@ -208,3 +209,37 @@ class TestReader(TestCase):
         prompt, l = Reader.process_prompt(ps1)
         self.assertEqual(prompt, "\033[0;32m樂>\033[0m> ")
         self.assertEqual(l, 5)
+
+    def test_completions_updated_on_key_press(self):
+        namespace = {"itertools": itertools}
+        code = "itertools."
+        events = itertools.chain(code_to_events(code), [
+            Event(evt='key', data='\t', raw=bytearray(b'\t')),  # Two tabs for completion
+            Event(evt='key', data='\t', raw=bytearray(b'\t')),
+        ], code_to_events("a"))
+
+        completing_reader = functools.partial(
+            prepare_reader,
+            readline_completer=rlcompleter.Completer(namespace).complete
+        )
+        reader, _ = handle_all_events(events, prepare_reader=completing_reader)
+
+        actual = reader.screen
+        self.assertEqual(len(actual), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(actual[0].rstrip(), "itertools.accumulate(")
+        self.assertEqual(actual[1], f"{code}a")
+
+    def test_key_press_on_tab_press_once(self):
+        namespace = {"itertools": itertools}
+        code = "itertools."
+        events = itertools.chain(code_to_events(code), [
+            Event(evt='key', data='\t', raw=bytearray(b'\t')),
+        ], code_to_events("a"))
+
+        completing_reader = functools.partial(
+            prepare_reader,
+            readline_completer=rlcompleter.Completer(namespace).complete
+        )
+        reader, _ = handle_all_events(events, prepare_reader=completing_reader)
+
+        self.assert_screen_equals(reader, f"{code}a")