From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: James N. V. Cash <james.nvc@gmail.com>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Handle case where `beg` and `end` are strings instead of markers
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:44:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmtg2ofhv.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o80i3frf.fsf@occasionallycogent.com> (James N. V. Cash's message of "Sat, 30 Apr 2022 08:41:24 -0400")
James N. V. Cash [2022-04-30 08:41:24] wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>>>> + (let ((beg (if (number-or-marker-p beg)
>>>> + beg
>>>> + (save-excursion
>>>> + (goto-char (minibuffer-prompt-end))
>>>> + (search-forward beg))))
>>>> + (end (if (number-or-marker-p end)
>>>> + end
>>>> + (save-excursion
>>>> + (goto-char (point-max))
>>>> + (search-backward end)))))
>>>
>>> What if there are several matches for `beg` and/or for `end` in
>>> the buffer? How do we know we got the intended one?
>>
>> IIUC part of the purpose of using strings rather than positions is to
>> account for the case where the text was modified between the moment the
>> *Completions* list was created and the moment the user selects one of
>> the options. So another question is what to do if the search fails (the
>> above code signals an error in that case, which is probably not what we
>> want).
>
> That is a good question. That would happen, I guess, if you had selected
> multiple candidates in a CRM, started completing, then deleted the
> previously entered candidates, then selected one. I suppose I'd expect
> it to add the completed candidate to the end of the remaining list?
> So something like
>
> (let ((beg (if (number-or-marker-p beg)
> beg
> (save-excursion
> (goto-char (minibuffer-prompt-end))
> (or (search-forward beg nil t)
> (search-forward-regexp crm-separator nil t)
> (minibuffer-prompt-end)))))
This makes it specific to CRM. I think we should try and think more
locally, without paying too much attention about the various possible
external cases: what do we want the `beg` and `end` strings to *mean*?
Maybe instead of strings, they should be functions, so CRM can set them
to functions that first look for the separator and then search for some
leading/trailing string?
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-30 13:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-29 0:36 [PATCH] Handle case where `beg` and `end` are strings instead of markers James N. V. Cash
2022-04-29 1:10 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-04-29 7:05 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-29 12:10 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-04-29 12:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-04-29 14:07 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-04-29 16:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-04-29 17:20 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-04-29 17:29 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-29 21:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-04-30 12:41 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-04-30 13:44 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2022-04-30 15:48 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-05-01 18:06 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-02 15:32 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-05-02 19:11 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-04 12:08 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-05-04 19:27 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-04 21:09 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-05-05 18:16 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-01 18:03 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-01 18:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-05-05 18:19 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-05 18:30 ` Exiting completion-in-region-mode (was: Handle case where `beg` and `end` are strings instead of markers) Juri Linkov
2022-05-19 18:52 ` Exiting completion-in-region-mode Juri Linkov
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