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Re: on helm substantial differences
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: on helm substantial differences |
Date: |
Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:13:20 +0200 |
> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>, Gregory Heytings <ghe@sdf.org>,
> spacibba@aol.com, andreyk.mad@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
> rudalics@gmx.at, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 22:07:47 +0200
>
> It would be nice if in addition to already existing 'annotation-function'
> 'completing-read' also supported 'format-function' or 'display-function',
> i.e. a function that would return a completion candidate to display
> in the *Completions* buffer. This will allow completions to use
> the same format that is typical to a package's default format, e.g.
> typing TAB in the 'C-x d' minibuffer could display completions in the
> the *Completions* buffer in Dired format:
>
> Click on a completion to select it.
> In this buffer, type RET to select the completion near point.
> Possible completions are:
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 185,205 2020-11-14 21:52 minibuffer.el
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 8,386 2020-11-14 21:52 minibuf-eldef.el
> …
>
> 'M-x package-install RET a TAB' could display completions in 'package' format:
>
> Click on a completion to select it.
> In this buffer, type RET to select the completion near point.
> Possible completions are:
> ada-mode 7.1.4 available gnu major-mode for editing Ada
> sources
> ada-ref-man 2020.1 available gnu Ada Reference Manual 2012
> …
>
> 'C-x b' - completions with the format of 'list-buffers', etc.
This will have to be an opt-in feature. It presents completion
candidates in such a radically different form that people will be
confused; I would be. We cannot change the default behavior so
radically, and on top of that make the display different in each mode.
Thanks.
- Re: select yank via completion, (continued)
- Re: select yank via completion, Juri Linkov, 2020/11/25
- Re: select yank via completion, Andrii Kolomoiets, 2020/11/25
- Re: select yank via completion, Juri Linkov, 2020/11/25
- Re: select yank via completion, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2020/11/26
- Re: select yank via completion, Juri Linkov, 2020/11/26
- Re: select yank via completion, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/11/26
- Re: select yank via completion, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2020/11/26
- Re: select yank via completion, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/11/27
- Re: select yank via completion, Juri Linkov, 2020/11/27
- RE: on helm substantial differences, Drew Adams, 2020/11/18
Re: on helm substantial differences,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: on helm substantial differences, Juri Linkov, 2020/11/16
- RE: on helm substantial differences, Drew Adams, 2020/11/16
- Re: on helm substantial differences, Juri Linkov, 2020/11/16
- RE: on helm substantial differences, Drew Adams, 2020/11/16
- Re: on helm substantial differences, Juri Linkov, 2020/11/17
- RE: on helm substantial differences, Drew Adams, 2020/11/17
Re: on helm substantial differences, Protesilaos Stavrou, 2020/11/17
RE: on helm substantial differences, Drew Adams, 2020/11/17
Re: on helm substantial differences, Juri Linkov, 2020/11/17
Re: on helm substantial differences, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/11/16