add:  c.minQueryLength = 3; 
context: YAHOO.slashdot.AutoCompleteWidget.prototype._newCompleter = function( tagDomain )  {    var c = null;    if ( this._needsSpareInput() )      {        c = new YAHOO.widget.AutoComplete("ac-select-input", "ac-choices", YAHOO.slashdot.dataSources[tagDomain]);          // hack? -- override YUI's private member function so that for top tags auto-complete, right arrow means select        c._jumpSelection = function() { if ( this._oCurItem ) this._selectItem(this._oCurItem); };      }    else      {        c = new YAHOO.widget.AutoComplete(this._sourceEl, "ac-choices", YAHOO.slashdot.dataSources[tagDomain]);        c.delimChar = " ";      }    c.typeAhead = true;    c.forceSelection = false;    c.allowBrowserAutocomplete = false;    c.maxResultsDisplayed = 25;    return c;  }
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