Re: Poll: Change xref-show-definitions-function's default?

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 06.01.2021 20:30, Juri Linkov wrote:

> I'm afraid the default of xref-show-definitions-function can't be changed
> to xref-show-definitions-completing-read because as this poll indicates
> it works satisfactorily only in combination with icomplete-mode and
> also non-nil icomplete-show-matches-on-no-input.

What about xref-show-definitions-buffer-at-bottom, then?

> > Then we can safely remove/change the TAB binding in xref--xref-buffer-mode,
> > or alternatively, create a new major mode that is slightly more Grep-like,
> > and use it in the default xref-show-xrefs-function.
>
> Maybe a new submode could help to resolve this discrepancy.

Yes, that's the second option I meant.