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From: Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: Other details about completion.
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2022 20:35:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220407183535.qug4e2eaeicuje6c@Ergus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <868rsg93dv.fsf@mail.linkov.net>

On Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 09:04:12PM +0300, Juri Linkov wrote:
>>> And the same find-as-you-type autocompletion like in browsers
>>> is supported by zsh as well:
>>> https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete
>>
>> Yes, I know it. I tried it when I had zsh some time ago... But
>> 1) it is an external thing not in zsh
>
>Actually, there is internal customization in zsh as well:
>
>1. zstyle ':completion:*' menu select interactive
>   - allows typing a letter that immediately
>   updates the list of completions.
>
Yes, but that may be complicated because completions calls a function
that will try first to complete the common part and then update the
completions. (Look what happens when you press a letter and tab
immediately). There are few ways to go around that without braking half
of the Universe. Look where I added the code for the
completion-auto-help visible and always... there is where the magic
happens.

Maybe you will find a better way to manage what you want.

>2. zstyle ':completion:*' menu select search
>   - shows the prompt "isearch:" where typing letters
>   searches them incrementally in the list of completions.
>
>> 2) it will be simpler to implement with
>> icomplete and that family of completion engines.
>
>Agreed, this would be the best thing to do.
>
For that we have fido and similes... What we are trying to improve a bit
is the default completion engine. Then the user will choose fido, ido or
something external... it is up to him.

>> In emacs there is already vertico to do more or less what you want and
>> it ended up being a bit more complex that what we want in vanilla but
>> with more or less 800 lines... If we want vertico, then just add vertico
>> to vanilla, lets not re-implement it right?
>
>Does vertico show completions in the *Completions* window?

I don't think so but I am not sure... Most of these tools stay in the
minibuffer for completions... so they don't need to switch context.



  reply	other threads:[~2022-04-07 18:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20220401153839.idrzrbfl2yfzga3y.ref@Ergus>
2022-04-01 15:38 ` Other details about completion Ergus
2022-04-01 16:21   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-04-01 16:43   ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-01 16:45     ` Ergus
2022-04-01 20:24     ` [PATCH] " Ergus
2022-04-02 18:09       ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-03  0:39         ` Ergus
2022-04-04 19:35       ` Ergus
2022-04-04 19:45         ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-04 20:31           ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-04-05 11:06             ` Ergus
2022-04-04 22:33           ` Ergus
2022-04-05 19:22             ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-05 23:20               ` Ergus
2022-04-06  7:35                 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-06 13:21                   ` Ergus
2022-04-06 16:48                     ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-06 17:45                       ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-04-06 18:25                         ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-06 20:01                           ` Drew Adams
2022-04-06 17:45                       ` Ergus
2022-04-06 18:29                         ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-06 19:50                           ` Ergus
2022-04-07  7:35                             ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-07  9:16                               ` Ergus
2022-04-07 16:53                                 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-07 17:38                                   ` Ergus
2022-04-07 18:04                                     ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-07 18:35                                       ` Ergus [this message]
2022-04-08  7:40                                         ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-08  8:42                                           ` Ergus
2022-04-08 16:20                                             ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-04-08 16:46                                             ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-08  9:31                                           ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-04-08 16:20                                             ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-04-08 16:51                                             ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-08 20:12                                               ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-04-06 23:55                           ` Ergus
2022-04-06 18:13                       ` Ergus
2022-04-06 18:34                         ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-06 20:34                           ` Ergus
2022-04-07  7:39                             ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-07  9:08                               ` Ergus
2022-04-07 16:50                                 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-07 17:22                                   ` Ergus
2022-04-07 17:57                                     ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-07 18:27                                       ` Ergus
2022-04-08  7:45                                         ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-08  8:46                                           ` Ergus
2022-04-08 16:20                                             ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-04-08 16:53                                             ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-06  9:07                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-06 16:43                   ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-07 11:09                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-07 16:46                       ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-08 12:59                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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