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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Protesilaos Stavrou <info@protesilaos.com>
Cc: 53362@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53362: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Make Completions sorting a user option
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:56:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83wnivsx2f.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h79zlxmg.fsf@protesilaos.com> (message from Protesilaos Stavrou on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:26:47 +0200)

> From: Protesilaos Stavrou <info@protesilaos.com>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:26:47 +0200
> 
> +(defcustom completions-sort 'lexicographic
> +  "Sort candidates in the *Completions* buffer.
> +
> +The value can be nil to disable sorting altogether,
> +`alphabetical' for alphabetical sorting, `lexicographic' for
> +lexicographic sorting

Here you expect everyone to understand the subtle difference between
these two sorting orders.  I don't think this expectation is
reasonable.

> +                                            ('alphabetical (sort completions #'string-version-lessp))

Doesn't string-version-lessp do stuff that is only appropriate with
version numbers like 1.2.3beta?

Thanks.





  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-19 12:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-19 12:26 bug#53362: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Make Completions sorting a user option Protesilaos Stavrou
2022-01-19 12:56 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-01-19 13:17   ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2022-01-19 13:27     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 14:09       ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2022-01-19 17:16         ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2022-01-20  5:33           ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2022-01-24 13:37             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 16:10 ` bug#53362: [External] : " Drew Adams

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