Re: Xref completion

[Juri Linkov]

>>> Also added some highlighting with corresponding xref faces. It now looks
>>> closer to Pierre's original screenshot.
>> Thanks, everything works well.  Would be nicer to add all available
>> choices to xref-show-definitions-function (i.e. "at bottom", "minibuffer").
>
> Of course, a bit later.
>
> BTW, when we do that, should we also rename all involved functions to
> "public" names?

Indeed, these functions are not "internal".

>>> On the one hand, it feels kinda faster, on the other, it lacks the ability
>>> to "look around" when you really need it. In an ideal world, I guess the UI
>>> would be somewhere in the middle.
>> There are still too many differences between them.  The most noteworthy
>> is that xref--show-defs-minibuffer doesn't show completions by default,
>> only after TAB TAB.
>
> That depends on the completion UI in use.
>
> To see them right away, just start with 'M-x fido-mode'.
>
> Or here is the config I'm currently trying out. It needs both ivy and
> ivy-posframe installed, though:

> ;; See the result on the attached screenshot.

But matches are not highlighted on your screenshot, whereas on Pierre's 
screenshot
matches are highlighted.