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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: philipk@posteo.net, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 17:26:12 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <31f3a571-aa44-fcb7-b9e6-57e52acb7d76@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83im4u5lq7.fsf@gnu.org>

On 10.04.2021 16:10, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, philipk@posteo.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
>> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 15:43:16 +0300
>>
>> We're talking about the second completion prompt, when you have picked
>> an identifier to navigate to, but there are multiple matching locations
>> to jump to.
>>
>> Right now you see an *xref* buffer in such situation, but
>> xref-show-definitions-completing-read uses completing-read (a second
>> time) instead.
> 
> That could also be a large list, e.g. if I typed the name of a large
> class.

True. It's not so critical an issue (the list will be truncated), you 
just won't get the most benefit from the streamlined workflow in this case.

> What is worse, the completion candidates are displayed in a format
> very different from the one I saw before typing RET.  It's almost as
> if the completion method was switched under my feet.  Very confusing.

Perhaps if the completion method (text-expansion vs selection) was also 
switched, as is the case in my Emacs, it will be much less confusing.

And the latter method showed all options right away.



  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-10 14:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 178+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-05 10:22 [ELPA] New package: vertico Daniel Mendler
2021-04-05 14:27 ` Manuel Uberti
2021-04-05 18:30   ` Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems " T.V Raman
2021-04-05 20:49     ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-05 20:55       ` T.V Raman
2021-04-06  6:45       ` Arthur Miller
2021-04-06 15:15       ` Eric Abrahamsen
2021-04-06 15:56         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-07 12:09       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-07 12:23         ` Joost Kremers
2021-04-07 12:56           ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-07 18:55           ` Jean Louis
2021-04-07 13:05         ` Yuri Khan
2021-04-07 13:45           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-07 14:15         ` Philip Kaludercic
     [not found]           ` <87eefm5fzl.fsf@posteo.net>
     [not found]             ` <3ec7e2e58a106c77370d@heytings.org>
2021-04-07 14:33               ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-07 15:17           ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-07 16:14             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-07 16:32               ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-07 16:20             ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-07 16:57               ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-07 18:19                 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-07 19:13                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-07 19:47                   ` Jean Louis
2021-04-07 20:03                   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-07 22:31                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-09  6:21                     ` Tassilo Horn
2021-04-09  8:53                       ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-09 17:22                         ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-09 18:51                         ` Tassilo Horn
2021-04-07 23:07                   ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-07 19:24                 ` Jean Louis
2021-04-07 18:19               ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-07 18:13             ` Drew Adams
2021-04-07 15:24           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-07 16:10             ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-07 16:49               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-07 17:40                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-07 17:48                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-07 19:22                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-07 19:03           ` Jean Louis
2021-04-07 14:31         ` T.V Raman
2021-04-07 16:02         ` Eric Abrahamsen
2021-04-07 18:18           ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-09  6:40           ` Thierry Volpiatto
2021-04-10  4:20             ` Eric Abrahamsen
2021-04-07 18:49         ` Jean Louis
2021-04-07 20:33           ` Juri Linkov
2021-04-09 11:12             ` Jean Louis
2021-04-07 13:01       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-07 14:44         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-07 14:55           ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-07 21:56           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-07 22:59             ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-08  0:48               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-08 14:44                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-08 16:40                   ` T.V Raman
2021-04-08 17:53                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-08 17:57                       ` T.V Raman
2021-04-08 17:21                   ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-08 18:03                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-08 18:59                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-09  4:21                     ` Eric Abrahamsen
2021-04-09 23:18                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-10  4:31                         ` Eric Abrahamsen
2021-04-09  5:56                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-09 23:12                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-09 23:48                         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-10  1:56                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-10  4:04                             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-10 13:11                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-11 21:48                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-11 22:07                                   ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-11 22:10                                     ` Drew Adams
2021-04-11 21:52                                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-11 22:24                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-12  1:32                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-12  4:16                                       ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-14  0:04                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-10  7:27                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10 10:53                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-10 11:09                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10  7:20                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10 10:52                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-10 11:08                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10 12:43                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-10 13:10                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10 14:26                                     ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2021-04-10 10:56                             ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-10 11:11                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-11 11:37                                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-11 12:24                                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-11 12:58                                     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-11 13:42                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-11 13:39                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-11 17:16                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-11 18:19                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-11 18:36                                           ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-11 21:14                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-11 13:37                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-11 15:32                                     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-11 15:50                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-11 15:55                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-04-11 16:49                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10 14:14                               ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-10 13:13                             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-10 14:00                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10 11:11                           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-10 13:15                             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-10 13:40                               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-11 21:52                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-10  7:09                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10 14:40                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-10 15:02                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-11  0:04                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-11  7:20                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10 14:40       ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-11  0:18         ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-11 11:18           ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-11 13:31             ` Jean Louis
2021-04-11 15:53               ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-12  9:24                 ` Jean Louis
2021-04-12 10:14                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-12 10:56                     ` Jean Louis
2021-04-12 11:30                       ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-12 16:28                     ` Eric Abrahamsen
2021-04-12 18:36                       ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-12 19:01                         ` Eric Abrahamsen
2021-04-12 19:21                           ` Drew Adams
2021-04-12 23:39                             ` Eric Abrahamsen
2021-04-13  2:06                               ` Drew Adams
2021-04-11 13:34             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-11 16:14               ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-11 16:53                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-11 17:39                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-11 18:23                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-12 13:59         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-13 23:57           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-21  9:20         ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-21  9:29           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-21 10:27             ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-21 12:00               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-21 12:50                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-21 13:02                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-21 14:25                     ` Jean Louis
2021-04-21 15:43                     ` Yuri Khan
2021-04-21 17:29                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-21 19:22                         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-21 19:25                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-21 19:35                             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-21 14:13                   ` Jean Louis
2021-04-21 14:35                   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-21 20:31                     ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-21 13:14           ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-21 14:21             ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-05 14:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-05 15:32 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-05 17:55   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-05 18:10     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-09 21:37 ` Tassilo Horn
2021-04-09 23:23   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-10  7:17     ` Tassilo Horn
2021-04-10  9:33       ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-10  9:44         ` Tassilo Horn
2021-04-10 10:07           ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-10 13:34         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-10 14:07           ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-10 15:19             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-10 17:27               ` Tassilo Horn
2021-04-10 20:58             ` Juri Linkov
2021-04-10  7:18     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10  9:21       ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-10  9:30         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10  9:38           ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-10 10:00             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10 10:14               ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-10  9:38           ` Tassilo Horn
2021-04-10 10:02             ` Eli Zaretskii

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