Re: find-file-project

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 01/21/2016 02:09 AM, Drew Adams wrote:

> I don't understand why you can't use lax completion in connection
> with the existing framework (including `all-completions',
> `minibuffer-completion-table', etc.).

all-completions is documented to use the "prefix" matching, not any 
other kind. Doing it differently would break some other code that relies 
on that.

> I (and others) have been doing that for years, including for many
> different kinds of lax completion.  What is so special about what
> you think you need?

I don't know what you've been doing, and how.

> You no doubt have your reasons for doing things your own way.
> Why not do that in your own library (compatible or incompatible)?

Stefan wanted company-mode to use completion-at-point-functions, and the 
completion tables they return. They're not sufficiently powerful, yet.