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Re: Emacs should provide more modern item completion out of the box
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Juri Linkov |
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Re: Emacs should provide more modern item completion out of the box |
Date: |
Thu, 30 Jan 2020 01:00:28 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> Using a vertical display while keeping instant feedback of icomplete-mode
>> that doesn't require pressing TABs should be easy to do as well:
> [,,,]
>> (defun minibuffer-quick-update ()
>> (when (>= (length (minibuffer-contents)) minibuffer-quick-min)
>> (let ((completion-styles '(flex))
>> (last-command nil))
>> (minibuffer-complete))))
>
> Why `minibuffer-complete`? This will actually perform completion
> (i.e. it may modify the content of the minibuffer). I think you want to
> use `minibuffer-completion-help` instead
Ah, I completely forgot about the key `?'
(never used it since TAB is more DWIM-ish).
> (and I'm not sure why you bind `completion-styles` since it will only
> take effect during the display but not when the user finally hits RET).
This part I don't understand - it seems its main point is to take effect
during the display.
But anyway completion styles should be customized separately,
e.g. I think 'partial-completion' is more usable than 'flex' :)
> Also, you probably want to run this within a `while-no-input` of some kind.
'while-no-input' feels still too laggy when tried with this:
(defun minibuffer-quick-update ()
(when (and minibuffer-completion-table
(>= (length (minibuffer-contents)) minibuffer-quick-min))
(let ((non-essential t))
(while-no-input
(minibuffer-completion-help)))))
Maybe better to use run-with-idle-timer that could be customized with
a number of seconds to delay.
Re: Emacs should provide more modern item completion out of the box, Andrea Corallo, 2020/01/03
- Re: Emacs should provide more modern item completion out of the box, ndame, 2020/01/03
- Re: Emacs should provide more modern item completion out of the box, Dmitry Gutov, 2020/01/03
- Re: Emacs should provide more modern item completion out of the box, jeremyb, 2020/01/03
- Re: Emacs should provide more modern item completion out of the box, Andrea Corallo, 2020/01/04
- Re: Emacs should provide more modern item completion out of the box, Stefan Kangas, 2020/01/08
Re: Emacs should provide more modern item completion out of the box, Stefan Monnier, 2020/01/04
Re: Emacs should provide more modern item completion out of the box, Dmitry Gutov, 2020/01/06
Re: Emacs should provide more modern item completion out of the box, Stefan Monnier, 2020/01/06