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#54175: 27.2; Info-follow-reference completions in reverse order Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 19:09:18 +0200 Message-ID: <83a6ecnsn5.fsf@gnu.org> References: <7A89A71F-708C-4217-989C-2E9990759E13@gmail.com> <831qzopymk.fsf@gnu.org> <83bkysntjv.fsf@gnu.org> <5EDDF26F-4350-469D-B98C-99D7743E9424@gmail.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37283"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 54175@debbugs.gnu.org To: Howard Melman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 27 18:10:15 2022 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 1nON3n-0009Yl-JH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2022 18:10:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51708 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nON3m-00050x-1r for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2022 12:10:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:46644) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nON3b-00050S-79 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2022 12:10:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:37010) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nON3a-00050y-SR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2022 12:10:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nON3a-0001qh-3o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2022 12:10:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 17:10:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 54175 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 54175-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B54175.16459817787071 (code B ref 54175); Sun, 27 Feb 2022 17:10:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 54175) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Feb 2022 17:09:38 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59140 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nON3C-0001py-2q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2022 12:09:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40800) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nON3A-0001pm-Fa for 54175@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2022 12:09:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=52812 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nON35-0004y3-9v; Sun, 27 Feb 2022 12:09:31 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=3Cb8b6I3qaEFazZUPFgZj+gZlPy3s5FBgKO5EFmDW/E=; b=Vmv18MYw2fOj EB43l76eIk7RyfAzDWg2IQTcD6ILXBhLkwPkzYnfqW3RUOITZuh+VJS5h2EhkmuDOqgjefOyOyZur 5zwlBCq90KuvyiSrv8SkRb0TjvIZPVB2ze+7btj+CNfoxUdM7jXGlrqZFgYiKphx8X8WFW2AzWWY3 GLVl5J+raflalQT9IWenHxodqPWEbLuT+rGBOtr0O7wV+9qevtncFiHK23k7bdBYj77H5EPH/5myw GOJteKNflVjf0U6eaH2kOdzibOHr05pHmW+eD2W44QTocwYMviukk4ce9QOKM299Q15KviSFHfm1x 2/OkNct6EEQe28qOdjJPrw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=1871 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 1nON34-0005kE-Jy; Sun, 27 Feb 2022 12:09:30 -0500 In-Reply-To: <5EDDF26F-4350-469D-B98C-99D7743E9424@gmail.com> (message from Howard Melman on Sun, 27 Feb 2022 11:59:35 -0500) 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:227734 Archived-At: > From: Howard Melman > Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 11:59:35 -0500 > > On Feb 27, 2022, at 11:49 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > >> From: Howard Melman > >> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 10:43:49 -0500 > >> > >> 2. It's not unreasonable to expect a completion table to be in a meaningful > >> order when there is one. > > > > But what is a meaningful order in this particular case, why is it > > more meaningful than the current order? > > I believe I explained this. It is the order they are found in the node. It means > the offered candidates appear to me in the order I see them in the > node. But if your position is near the end of the buffer, the first cross-reference in the node will also be the one that's the farthest. I'm not sure I understand the utility of such an order.