From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: BIKESHED: completion faces Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 22:42:37 +0200 Message-ID: <83pni4g2iq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <4c5631d4-9dfd-04c6-c573-b83c67fcc2fa@yandex.ru> <87pni7p83l.fsf@gmail.com> <83h83ignrz.fsf@gnu.org> <83ftj2gma8.fsf@gnu.org> <87zhhaxalt.fsf@gmail.com> <83bltpgffr.fsf@gnu.org> <83tv7gg9oz.fsf@gnu.org> <7916c845-1ce2-4abd-937f-09036cd60bec@default> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="133044"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: dgutov@yandex.ru, joaotavora@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 06 21:43:06 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iSS8t-000YPv-UB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 21:43:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34966 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iSS8s-0000q8-Qk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:43:02 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48738) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iSS8m-0000pz-Uc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:42:57 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:57077) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iSS8j-0000P1-KQ; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:42:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4418 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iSS8i-0003Tf-Pg; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:42:53 -0500 In-reply-to: <7916c845-1ce2-4abd-937f-09036cd60bec@default> (message from Drew Adams on Wed, 6 Nov 2019 12:34:26 -0800 (PST)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:241874 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 12:34:26 -0800 (PST) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, dgutov@yandex.ru > > Completion is not just about choosing a completion > candidate - at least it _need not_ be only about > that. It's also about exploring a set - the set of > things that match your current input. Yes, but I don't see how highlighting what exactly matched is of any help in that case. Especially with the weirdo matches some aggressive completion styles produce. I care about the candidates and about how to narrow the list, not about how and why the completion picked up these particular candidates. > Among other things, knowing what & how your input > matches can help you adjust it to match different > sets of candidates. That's what the "first difference" highlighting solves. > Icicles highlights matches for your input with > different faces. See attached screenshot. Sorry, I'm unconvinced. I cannot think of a situation where such highlighting would help me.