From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#61412: Hover github discussion Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:38:54 +0200 Message-ID: <837cwjaqgh.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20230211081335.312224-1-dalal.chinmay.0101@gmail.com> <83o7pvav46.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="847"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: dalal.chinmay.0101@gmail.com, 61412@debbugs.gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?Jo=C3=A3o_?= =?UTF-8?Q?T=C3=A1vora?= Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 15 16:40:37 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pSJtY-000ATn-1c for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:40:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pSJt8-0000Lv-5t; Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:40:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pSJt5-0000LZ-Io for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:40:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pSJt5-0003BN-1s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:40:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pSJt4-0007i4-Tw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:40:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:40:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 61412 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 61412-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B61412.167647556629501 (code B ref 61412); Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:40:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 61412) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Feb 2023 15:39:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33657 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pSJsT-0007fj-Hn for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:39:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:39084) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pSJsN-0007er-HJ for 61412@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:39:23 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pSJsI-00033a-7S; Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:39:14 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=y/Ke9etgjRTYnnt/O3XwAXH1RvKi32kMbPH4kg7GrtQ=; b=Vi3ZggrAolWj8U6tZzrF GBbz3Gv7gg/IoBZ2vjoHBvVxFdEPQV2T1riq61qznoAmlAmpKIEdKToMZXXAK4cYb5lvNclLa783A a8fpUbRbIjPEWoBLQLH3AiFvcEc/JzjZTDswhzMUUck41YK82cvlssVMfNhakoasiuumyDIfucPXZ SEOEE8zwUcdCnoR/36C5NqBNztn3v7m7Fh7zmIbKUkR7U+Q82LUYL7k6f6wGFtP4lyU99W4C/PigS C4UDW0L/Oh2FbVPVw6Jryp2SHm26abqjtzg3WkavHWSDWT5PffZkWvkw9bclhrwvH46W7HnJ36VQp SiVZK2PUhs4ZXg==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pSJsH-0004QN-IF; Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:39:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from =?UTF-8?Q?Jo=C3=A3o_?= =?UTF-8?Q?T=C3=A1vora?= on Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:05:13 +0000) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:255734 Archived-At: > From: João Távora > Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:05:13 +0000 > Cc: Chinmay Dalal , 61412@debbugs.gnu.org > > Yes. I haven't looked at your code, but my expectation is for inlay hints to > activate either on a timer after each change, or by the explicit request of > the user via a keybinding. > > It simply doesn't make sense to use mouse hover for this because the > hover mechanic is for a single text and inlay hints are about overlaying > multiple pieces of information in multiple locations of the buffer. > > João, could you please look into this? > > Hi Eli, this is about the "inlay hints" feature. > > It's on the radar, but I don't have time in the very near future > to handle this. That's okay, as long as this is not forgotten. > I seem to recall that recently you voiced some opinion in another > bug report that this feature could be handled by a separate library > instead of a custom Eglot-only implementation. This could be > quite reasonable -- or it could be overkill/overengeering. Only a look > at the pros and cons of this implementation can tell that, and I haven't > had time, sorry. AFAIR, you and others considered my proposal (to use this via ElDoc) as not the best idea, for various technical reasons. So I no longer insist on my proposal.