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From: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: Okamsn <okamsn@protonmail.com>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Adding the `prescient` packages to NonGNU ELPA?
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 22:40:31 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874jutft6g.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871qpydllo.fsf@posteo.net> (Philip Kaludercic's message of "Sun,  20 Nov 2022 09:24:51 +0000")

[ஞாயிறு நவம்பர் 20, 2022] Philip Kaludercic wrote:

>> [...]
>> These are the packages I am wondering if you would be willing to add:
>>
>> - `prescient`: The base package, which provides the sorting and
>>     filtering functions and a completion style
>>
>> - `company-prescient`: Use `prescient` sorting with Company
>>
>> - `corfu-prescient`: Use `prescient` sorting and filtering with Corfu
>>
>> - `vertico-prescient`: Use `prescient` sorting and filtering with Vertico
>
> Could you explain the need for these other packages?  If we are talking
> about a completion style, why do other packages require their own
> support?

AFAIU, it is because there is no common way to call a function after
ending a completing-read and/or completion-in-region call so we end up
needing a UI specific way to do so.  The function records the selected
candidate, necessary for fuzzy(?) matching based on frequency and
recency ("frecency").
The README does a better job at explaining this than I do here (which is
based on understanding on how the package worked before it underwent
extensive rewrite).




  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-11-20 17:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-20  3:27 Adding the `prescient` packages to NonGNU ELPA? Okamsn
2022-11-20  9:24 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-11-20 11:23   ` Stefan Kangas
2022-11-20 15:19     ` Stefan Monnier
2022-11-20 15:41       ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-11-21 21:17         ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-22 13:53           ` Akib Azmain Turja
2022-11-23 23:12             ` okamsn
2022-11-26  0:50               ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-20 17:10   ` Visuwesh [this message]
2022-11-20 18:39     ` Stefan Monnier
2022-12-16  9:41     ` North Year
2022-12-16 19:25       ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-12-17  3:28         ` Stefan Monnier
2022-12-17  9:17           ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-12-17 15:52             ` Stefan Monnier
2022-12-17 16:07               ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-12-17 16:24                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-12-17 18:01                   ` Okamsn
2022-12-17 18:08                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-12-17 18:39                     ` Stefan Monnier
2022-12-20  1:32                       ` Okamsn
2022-12-20  3:10                         ` Stefan Monnier
2022-11-20 17:42   ` Okamsn
2022-12-05  0:27     ` Okamsn
2022-12-05 15:21       ` Stefan Monnier
2022-12-09  3:58         ` Okamsn
2022-12-09 15:08           ` Stefan Monnier
2022-12-09 15:27             ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-12-10  4:10             ` Richard Kim
2022-12-10 15:12               ` Stefan Monnier
2022-12-10 16:38                 ` Richard Kim
2022-12-10 17:44                   ` Stefan Monnier
2022-12-05 17:21       ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-12-16  2:04         ` Okamsn
2022-12-16 19:26           ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-11-22 15:41   ` Jonas Bernoulli
2022-11-22 21:09     ` Stefan Monnier
2022-11-23  9:56       ` Jonas Bernoulli
2022-11-23 12:33         ` Stefan Monnier

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