bug#53126: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Lazy highlight/count when reading query-replace string, etc.

[Augusto Stoffel]

Hi Juri,

I attached a new patch (still a sketch) that requires no changes in
comint.el and simple.el.  Perhaps you will find this approach more
acceptable.

More comments below.

On Sun,  9 Jan 2022 at 20:58, Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> wrote:

> It would be great to use your new variable with a function
> to show replacement counts in perform-replace.  IIUC,
> let-binding isearch-lazy-count-display-function to
> isearch-read-with-highlight-count will suppress isearch-message?
>

I tried this and it's relatively simple to do, but there is a problem.
Suppose you want to replace all "a" with "z", and your buffer has 20
"a"s initially.  Then, as you keep hitting "y" to confirm a replacement
the count will be

   1/20, 1/19, ..., 1/1

since the number of "a"s decrease, and the point is always at the first
of the still-existing ones.  But probably one should count the number of
prompts, so

   1/20, 2/20, ..., 20/20

I think this means `perform-replace' has to implement its own way to
display a count.

> I meant using simply
>
>   (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'isearch-read-with-highlight-setup)
>
> But it seems isearch-read-with-highlight-setup doesn't set
> isearch-lazy-count-display-function.
>

I guess this could be done.  But note that there are two possible types
of counts: a "current/total" counter or just a "total" counter.  Each
use case calls for a different count style.

>>> Then maybe a new feature could be named e.g. "lazy-minibuffer"?
>
> This feature has little to do with isearch.  This is why there are
> efforts to move away from the prefix isearch- for lazy-related
> functions and variables, so we have now:
>
>   lazy-count-prefix-format
>   lazy-count-suffix-format
>   lazy-highlight-buffer
>   lazy-highlight-buffer-max-at-a-time
>   lazy-highlight-cleanup
>   lazy-highlight-initial-delay
>   lazy-highlight-interval
>   lazy-highlight-max-at-a-time
>   ...
>
> There are still isearch-specific names like isearch-lazy-count
> that enables lazy-count in isearch-mode.  What would be a similar
> name for the minibuffer?  Maybe minibuffer-lazy-count?

I see, the lazy-* names are the new ones!

>
> Then the prefix isearch- needs to be removed from other names too,
> e.g. isearch-lazy-count-display-function -> lazy-count-display-function
> isearch-read-with-highlight-setup maybe to minibuffer-lazy-highlight-setup,
> etc.

Yes, I agree.  The names I came up with are horrible and
`lazy-minibuffer' is weird, but your current suggestion is nice.

By the way, I'm debating a bit whether
`isearch-lazy-count-display-function' should be:

1. Either nil or function, as it is right now,
2. #'ignore by default, so similar to 1) but a bit easier to use with
   `add-function'
3. a hook, the main inconvenience being that it can't be easily let-bound.

0001-Allow-reading-from-minibuffer-with-lazy-highlight-an.patch
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0002-Lazy-highlight-when-reading-query-replace-text.patch
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