From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Yates Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Navigating an enormous code base Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:59:11 -0400 Message-ID: References: <877d7aq5qy.fsf@cock.li> <87bkwmo56v.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23425"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Emanuel Berg , Help Gnu Emacs mailing list Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 28 01:00:22 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1njqdy-0005wO-Jx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2022 01:00:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54684 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1njqdw-0001Hk-UC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2022 19:00:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39678) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1njqd3-0001HZ-Hz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:59:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-oi1-f174.google.com ([209.85.167.174]:35596) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1njqd2-00077Q-3C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:59:25 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-oi1-f174.google.com with SMTP id e4so3635562oif.2 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:59:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=LLfTIEZ44LdcufOCzZue9WRLldkEkZBx5JqM3zk5RuE=; b=BRaxgvx8z5MZkVszykglIuQrf4Ce4rGCTId67m10sISymg2NLiFWhT2lBM0TGka9pU 7uBouzRvtzK2VHW5KeAadXyqcJT6wAouoEfS0hQ+eXTLh+7uB9dffmazAtDnRgC3Og40 qehHHRvj390oqiPXzlHMy9vubIFfY8PluYxViIt/NoWs7aHLE0wfXQwYc8we63Bayckj /B/AuBwuiv5xV8VMbBxa6r6hIO+cSKa3hFMdJPou+lRpKlOLy5RxY3wEbZSI93dFNR7T j9nfcCYiGR4mHH4GBFDexKrO+jC6wXDwPc/lBEg4EfKZRV8U/sITHyXTaOz54VOZOc5+ hd6Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530u5D3t+cUS3H0dbbcotu8HCXePt0HRjA5btuJ+bkjzoUf3onXy DTCxTNqIlEKPKG2zkH8GcCSwvFWYCIJR6ONIm6U= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwHja0QaY1Np5Fb2U3CExZkCcAjBlnRw7tVftPG1wyRF8QaregppnLfKbYUnzG6yJf4Wvv45NAqtGVL7mSYlxQ= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:1b11:b0:325:1415:5e64 with SMTP id bx17-20020a0568081b1100b0032514155e64mr10328100oib.257.1651100362435; Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:59:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87bkwmo56v.fsf@zoho.eu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=209.85.167.174; envelope-from=john.yates.sheets@gmail.com; helo=mail-oi1-f174.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -13 X-Spam_score: -1.4 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.249, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:137053 Archived-At: Start with feeding a completion interface: * Do you index on demand? If no, then when? And how do you keep the index upto date? * Indexing the entire workspace will result in an intractably large index. So how do you partition it? * Is the user restricted to querying a single partition of the index? If yes, then that feels painfully restrictive. If no, how does that user indicate which partition indices to combine? How is combining accomplished? * How are duplicate filenames handled? Need I say more?