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From: Fabrice Niessen <fni-news-TA4HMoP+1wHrZ44/DZwexQ@public.gmane.org>
To: emacs-devel-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Making completion more interactive
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 22:24:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86lhmfgpvs.fsf@example.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87egs7b5h4.fsf@wanadoo.es

Óscar Fuentes wrote:
> Tom <adatgyujto-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> Modern completion systems usually show completions
>> automatically. You just type and the completions are shown. This
>> is how it works in various applications, google, etc.
>
> Yes, it's hideous :-)
>
> However, some packages like company-mode do nor require to press a key
> to show the completion candidates, it works like you describe.

I think a trade-off would make a lot of sense:

- display (in gray or whatever) the potential completion, when there is
  only _one_ candidate left (that is: no menu)

- display the potential candidates in the menu (when there are more than
  one) only when explicitly asked by the user (when pressing TAB, for
  example).

This would be between "always displays completions" and "only display
them on TAB"...

Best regards,
Fabrice

-- 
Fabrice Niessen
Leuven, Belgium
http://www.pirilampo.org/




  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-12-10 21:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-10 20:38 Making completion more interactive Tom
2014-12-10 20:43 ` Óscar Fuentes
2014-12-10 20:51   ` Tom
2014-12-11  5:46     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-12-10 21:24   ` Fabrice Niessen [this message]
2014-12-10 20:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-10 20:59   ` Tom
2014-12-11  3:35     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-10 22:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-12-11  1:23   ` Artur Malabarba

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