From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emphasize the character to be typed next in *Completions* Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:55:27 +0200 Organization: JURTA Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87isgva1wc.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <20040322053942.03A2467DC4@imf.math.ku.dk> <405EB27E.6020904@math.ku.dk> <20040322.185510.266153697.jet@gyve.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1080065135 19796 80.91.224.253 (23 Mar 2004 18:05:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 18:05:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 23 19:05:16 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B5qH6-0000fA-00 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:05:16 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B5qH5-0008BW-00 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:05:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B5qCc-0002kd-Jw for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:00:38 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B5qBN-0002Pp-8q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:59:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B5qAj-0002C7-Gm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:59:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [66.33.219.4] (helo=spork.dreamhost.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B5qAi-0002Bd-VA; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:58:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.jurta.org (80-235-40-249-dsl.mus.estpak.ee [80.235.40.249]) by spork.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CF0A11DC28; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:58:33 -0800 (PST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:10:20 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:20808 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20808 > I also implemented a version which highlights the common perfix string > in completions. And I felt that the visual feedback is too strong. > > I agree. To emphasize the part that is not informative is not a > useful feature. To emphasize the non-informative part is not useful, but a different face could be used to *de-emphasize* it. (Even if emphasizing the word "de-emphasize" looks paradoxical, it's appropriate here :-) For example, if the default foreground color is black, displaying the common prefix string in gray will make it more unnoticeable. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/