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From: Toby Cubitt <tsc25@cantab.net>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs completion matches selection UI
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 16:35:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140103163558.GA11049@c3po> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140102225831.GA19682@c3po>

On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 10:58:31PM +0000, Toby Cubitt wrote:
> > Would you like to propose an API for it? Same as popup.el?
> 
> As a first attempt, I'd propose something like 
> 
>   (complete-in-buffer COMPLETION-SOURCE &optional PREFIX-FUNCTION)
> 
> where COMPLETION-SOURCE is a function to call to obtain completions, and
> PREFIX-FUNCTION is an optional function to call to determine what to
> complete.
> 
> Calling this would invoke whatever completion widgets the user had
> enabled in customize (with sensible defaults - maybe the popup.el
> interface or similar, or perhaps the default should be the usual
> *Completions* buffer).

Or one could simply enhance `completion-in-region' to display completions
in the "more modern" UI, which the user can configure via customize.

Would that be usable in Company, or is the `completion-in-region' API
missing things you'd need? (It's currently missing things I'd need for
Predictive, but not too much. I think they wouldn't be too hard to add.)

Toby
-- 
Dr T. S. Cubitt
Royal Society University Research Fellow
and Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge
Centre for Quantum Information
DAMTP, University of Cambridge

email: tsc25@cantab.net
web:   www.dr-qubit.org



  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-01-03 16:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 258+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-18 16:13 Emacs completion matches selection UI Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-18 20:00 ` Bozhidar Batsov
2013-11-18 20:54   ` Andreas Röhler
2013-11-18 21:15   ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-19  0:43     ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-19  9:52       ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-11-19 13:41         ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-19 14:00           ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-11-19 14:58             ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-19 17:50               ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-19 21:07                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-20  0:28                   ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-20  1:30                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-20  3:22                       ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-20 17:52                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-20 19:10                           ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-20 20:00                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-20 15:57                     ` Josh
2013-11-21  0:52                       ` Juri Linkov
2013-11-21  3:48                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-22  0:10                           ` Juri Linkov
2013-11-22  7:36                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-22 12:33                               ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-25 13:28                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-25 15:18                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-16 15:17                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-16 18:35                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-16 22:15                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-17  2:10                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-17 10:49                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-17 18:29                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-17 20:59                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-18  1:58                                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-12-18  3:09                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-18  4:47                                                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-12-18 14:43                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-18 15:51                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-12-18 16:38                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-18 17:05                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-12-18 17:18                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-18 17:37                                                           ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-12-18 19:05                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-18 21:11                                                               ` chad
2013-12-19  3:40                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-19 15:49                                                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-19 17:30                                                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-12-19 18:44                                                                       ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-19 21:44                                                                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-12-20  1:15                                                                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-20  3:06                                                                             ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-12-20  3:08                                                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-12-20 11:49                                                                               ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-20 13:18                                                                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-12-20 14:59                                                                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-22  1:45                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-22  2:29                                                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-12-22 11:07                                                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-22 16:07                                                                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-12-22 22:50                                                                                             ` enabling company-capf support in cfengine.el (was: Emacs completion matches selection UI) Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-23  0:17                                                                                               ` enabling company-capf support in cfengine.el Dmitry Gutov
2013-12-23  1:11                                                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-23  1:32                                                                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-16 13:12                                                                                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-16 16:06                                                                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-16 17:39                                                                                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-17 13:04                                                                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-18 14:13                                                                                                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-19  2:37                                                                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-19 16:44                                                                                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-19 20:19                                                                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-19 20:44                                                                                                                 ` David Engster
2014-01-20  0:13                                                                                                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-20  2:14                                                                                                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-01-20  2:39                                                                                                                     ` John Yates
2014-01-20  3:22                                                                                                                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-01-20  7:10                                                                                                                         ` David Kastrup
2014-01-20 14:22                                                                                                                         ` John Yates
2014-01-20 14:55                                                                                                                           ` David Kastrup
2014-01-20 15:09                                                                                                                           ` clang vs free software (was: enabling company-capf support in cfengine.el) Stefan Monnier
2014-01-20 19:47                                                                                                                             ` clang vs free software David Engster
2014-01-21 14:42                                                                                                                               ` Richard Stallman
2014-01-21 15:02                                                                                                                                 ` David Kastrup
2014-01-21 15:20                                                                                                                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-22 15:31                                                                                                                                   ` Richard Stallman
2014-01-22 17:24                                                                                                                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-21 15:34                                                                                                                                 ` John Yates
2014-01-21 16:00                                                                                                                                   ` Rüdiger Sonderfeld
2014-01-21 16:25                                                                                                                                     ` joakim
2014-01-21 16:34                                                                                                                                       ` Rüdiger Sonderfeld
2014-01-21 16:38                                                                                                                                         ` joakim
2014-01-21 18:50                                                                                                                                           ` Rüdiger Sonderfeld
2014-01-21 18:00                                                                                                                                         ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2014-01-21 18:44                                                                                                                                           ` Rüdiger Sonderfeld
2014-01-23 10:55                                                                                                                                   ` Richard Stallman
2014-01-23 11:01                                                                                                                                     ` David Kastrup
2014-01-23 14:26                                                                                                                                       ` Helmut Eller
2014-01-25 23:02                                                                                                                                         ` Richard Stallman
2014-01-25 23:28                                                                                                                                           ` Daniel Colascione
2014-01-26  1:35                                                                                                                                             ` Lennart Borgman
2014-01-26  6:45                                                                                                                                             ` David Kastrup
2014-01-26 12:13                                                                                                                                               ` Daniel Colascione
2014-01-26 12:35                                                                                                                                                 ` Lennart Borgman
2014-01-26 14:45                                                                                                                                                 ` David Kastrup
2014-01-26 20:06                                                                                                                                                 ` Richard Stallman
2014-01-26 20:06                                                                                                                                             ` Richard Stallman
2014-01-26 10:22                                                                                                                                           ` Helmut Eller
2014-01-26 11:12                                                                                                                                             ` David Kastrup
2014-01-26 12:36                                                                                                                                               ` Helmut Eller
2014-01-26 14:54                                                                                                                                                 ` David Kastrup
2014-01-26 20:06                                                                                                                                             ` Richard Stallman
2014-01-26 15:12                                                                                                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-26 15:15                                                                                                                                             ` Lennart Borgman
2014-01-26 15:35                                                                                                                                               ` David Kastrup
2014-01-26 15:46                                                                                                                                                 ` Lennart Borgman
2014-01-23 16:35                                                                                                                                       ` Rüdiger Sonderfeld
2014-01-23 18:04                                                                                                                                         ` David Engster
2014-01-22  2:06                                                                                                                                 ` unic0rn
2014-01-20 15:57                                                                                                                           ` enabling company-capf support in cfengine.el Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-01-20  3:32                                                                                                                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2014-01-20 13:59                                                                                                                         ` John Yates
2014-01-20 14:30                                                                                                                           ` David Kastrup
2014-01-20 17:01                                                                                                                             ` John Yates
2014-01-20  2:17                                                                                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-19 16:54                                                                                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-19 20:21                                                                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-19 23:57                                                                                                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-20  2:20                                                                                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-20  2:33                                                                                                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-20 13:41                                                                                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-23  1:36                                                                                             ` Emacs completion matches selection UI Stefan Monnier
2013-12-23  2:12                                                                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-12-23 13:33                                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-20  1:19                                                                         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-12-20  1:17                                                                     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-12-20 14:32                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-20 15:54                                                                       ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-21  3:32                                                                         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-12-21  4:58                                                                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-22  2:05                                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-22 23:15                                                                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-23  1:59                                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-23 12:28                                                                               ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-23 13:42                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-23 14:52                                                                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-30 20:47                                                                                     ` Toby Cubitt
2013-12-31  0:20                                                                                       ` Leo Liu
2013-12-31  7:48                                                                                         ` joakim
2013-12-31 14:30                                                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-12-31 15:52                                                                                         ` Toby Cubitt
2013-12-31 17:45                                                                                           ` joakim
2014-01-02 18:54                                                                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-02 18:10                                                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-03 17:49                                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-01-03 19:36                                                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-04  0:48                                                                                               ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-04  3:45                                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-06  4:47                                                                                                   ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-06 23:38                                                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-01-07  3:57                                                                                                   ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-04  9:21                                                                                               ` João Távora
2014-01-06 23:21                                                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-01-02 20:20                                                                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-02 22:58                                                                                             ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-03  2:40                                                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-03 14:30                                                                                                 ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-03 16:23                                                                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-03 16:48                                                                                                     ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-03 19:32                                                                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-03 22:06                                                                                                         ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-04  3:39                                                                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-06  4:00                                                                                                             ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-03 16:35                                                                                               ` Toby Cubitt [this message]
2014-01-03 17:46                                                                                                 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2014-01-04  2:39                                                                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-04  3:54                                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-05  4:08                                                                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-05 16:04                                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-06  4:25                                                                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-06  5:25                                                                                                         ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-06  2:39                                                                                                 ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-06  4:03                                                                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-06  5:35                                                                                                     ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-06  5:55                                                                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-06 14:47                                                                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-06 15:54                                                                                                         ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-06 20:53                                                                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-06 23:45                                                                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-01-06  7:36                                                                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-06 15:51                                                                                                     ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-07  0:17                                                                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-07  3:32                                                                                                         ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-07 23:23                                                                                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-01-08  2:58                                                                                                             ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-08  3:38                                                                                                               ` Bob Bobeck
2014-01-08  3:47                                                                                                                 ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-08  9:27                                                                                                                 ` Richard Stallman
2014-01-08 15:37                                                                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-01-08  4:49                                                                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-08 15:33                                                                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-01-08 16:11                                                                                                                   ` Toby Cubitt
2014-01-09  7:12                                                                                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-12-23 13:45                                                                               ` John Yates
2013-12-23 16:02                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-24  2:47                                                                                   ` John Yates
2013-12-28 14:02                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-28 16:43                                                                                       ` John Yates
2013-12-30 12:55                                                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-30 16:32                                                                                           ` João Távora
2014-01-04 23:02                                                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-05  2:13                                                                                               ` João Távora
2014-01-05 16:11                                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-06 23:48                                                                                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-01-07  3:15                                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-07 16:13                                                                                                       ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-01-07 17:18                                                                                                       ` João Távora
2014-01-07 18:10                                                                                                         ` Josh
2014-01-07 19:42                                                                                                           ` David Kastrup
2014-01-08  3:54                                                                                                             ` Josh
2014-01-07  3:16                                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-07 16:12                                                                                                       ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-28 15:59                                                                                     ` João Távora
2013-12-28 17:00                                                                                       ` John Yates
2013-12-28 17:40                                                                                         ` Josh
2013-12-19  4:53                                                                 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-12-19  5:45                                                                   ` chad
2013-12-19  7:03                                                                     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-12-19  7:59                                                                       ` Aaron Ecay
2013-12-19 15:29                                                                         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-12-19 17:41                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-12-19 18:46                                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-20  0:53                                                                         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-12-19  6:23                                                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-11-19 16:24             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-21 10:17               ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-11-21 16:30                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-22  5:38                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-11-22 15:19                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-23 10:03                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-11-19 13:48       ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-19 18:03         ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-20  0:10         ` Gregor Zattler
2013-11-20  1:25           ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-20 17:59             ` John Yates
2013-11-19  0:47     ` Juri Linkov
2013-11-19 11:18       ` Tom
2013-11-19 14:00         ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-20  0:45           ` Juri Linkov
2013-11-20  7:34             ` martin rudalics
2013-11-20  7:50               ` Tom
2013-11-21  0:45               ` Juri Linkov
2013-11-21  7:41                 ` martin rudalics
2013-11-22  0:18                   ` Juri Linkov
2013-11-22 10:26                     ` martin rudalics
2013-11-19 19:44       ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-11-20  7:39         ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-11-19 17:33 ` Sebastian Wiesner
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-12-30 20:35 Barry OReilly
2014-01-01 18:12 ` Stefan Monnier

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