From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] `completing-read`: Add `group-function` support to completion metadata Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:50:27 -0400 Message-ID: References: <39c93100-a352-538d-717a-663bcc5de296@yandex.ru> <23ebdd80-3ca2-4166-beab-e2535b6cc646@yandex.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29517"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Protesilaos Stavrou , Gregory Heytings , Dmitry Gutov , "emacs-devel@gnu.org" To: Daniel Mendler Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 26 15:52:03 2021 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 1lb1eb-0007Je-3Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:52:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51182 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lb1ea-0003cT-2G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:52:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43978) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lb1dD-0002vw-56 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:50:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:19313) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lb1dA-0004kq-G6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:50:34 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 0FF0180967; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:50:31 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 92C798062B; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:50:29 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1619445029; bh=NRe18SoaBShvOCmVChRzs+e9vGs5Gwmd26iLYc7eUao=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=YJ07I9MCwsQEwcP+4taXDbRtVHm9FC53u+CLYT1sCZdAtOaqQV3z4Z0rpLGarcbBB PrflojZ3yY45uwCnkYR82InMgiR1klv9n7GvQyMOfVjdDCtAL0HMMhgoLENKZeYqnz v3sd/N0l5+B867knkfd64UfzjQa+wGWlUZO+BOA53L/zhGLYn6ASlpnn1/M3CXjbe4 nQfk9ZCNaf8uIoxPtx/8cC6WKt0NZ5gdfARviueCG1wvcKEGSQ5kbkW7MuDJm1o648 mZcQoMXu0DTbkddea9J7gI8WUh85CWeVje1ImKzk1AuQ7zJyEtyBRwSRU4pBxktcCI z0KfR/eDi7nUw== Original-Received: from alfajor (104-222-126-84.cpe.teksavvy.com [104.222.126.84]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 220DE12031F; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:50:29 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Daniel Mendler's message of "Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:01:56 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:268471 Archived-At: >>> So it's better if at least icomplete-mode is enabled, preferably with an >>> option which shows the completions right away with no input. And the >>> vertical style should be even better. >> >> Maybe we could accommodate this in the default UI by adding an option to >> eagerly popup the *Completions* buffer (and keep it updated as long as >> it's displayed) and to keep it disabled by default but make it possible >> to enable it via completion-category-(overrides|defaults). > > Yes, this sounds useful. It is similar to the configuration by > Protesilaos Stavrou, as he described in his other mail. Indeed. > Maybe it makes sense to integrate such enhancements directly in > minibuffer.el. That's what I meant, yes. Stefan