From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Word completion in text modes Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 20:33:06 +0200 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <86ttpilxnh.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39169"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/30.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eshel Yaron Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 18 19:41:19 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1r4QFq-000A61-V1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2023 19:41:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r4QF2-0003qy-Pm; Sat, 18 Nov 2023 13:40:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r4QF0-0003qd-Fb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2023 13:40:26 -0500 Original-Received: from relay5-d.mail.gandi.net ([2001:4b98:dc4:8::225]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r4QEx-0005w5-Ms for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2023 13:40:26 -0500 Original-Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5560A1C0003; Sat, 18 Nov 2023 18:40:17 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (Eshel Yaron's message of "Sat, 18 Nov 2023 13:03:36 +0100") X-GND-Sasl: juri@linkov.net Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2001:4b98:dc4:8::225; envelope-from=juri@linkov.net; helo=relay5-d.mail.gandi.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:312923 Archived-At: > 1. Word completion would benefit from UI customizations and > other enhancements that users have in place for `completion-at-point`. > 2. `completion-preview-mode` and any other feature that leverages > `completion-at-point-functions` would work for word completion as well. > 3. Emacs would be slightly more consistent and simple all in all. When I tested `completion-preview-mode`, I noticed it was quite unusable in the comments of prog-mode. But I'm unsure what would make more sense. Maybe dabbrev-capf?