Option to trigger `MenuComplete` on consecutive tab press, like Zsh's `AUTO_MENU`

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by tracing the existing Complete and MenuComplete bindings in PSReadLine and how consecutive Tab presses are handled. Define whether the behavior belongs in a new Tab-bound function or a configuration option, then verify that the first press behaves like Complete and a consecutive press switches to menu completion.

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Description of the new feature/enhancement

It would be nice to have an option to trigger MenuComplete on a consecutive tab press like Zsh's AUTO_MENU. Basically first and second tab act like Complete/Bash does, but pressing it again while the list of options is shown switches to menu completion.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

A new function that can be bound to tab that acts this way? Or a config parameter to switch Complete to behave that way.

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