From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: uzibalqa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: completion-styles with increasing level of matching Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:25:32 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87czdkccm0.fsf@dataswamp.org> Reply-To: uzibalqa Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40604"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 01 17:28:05 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 1oIXKu-000AHz-7m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2022 17:28:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44086 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oIXKs-0008Kq-W8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:28:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59494) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oIXIf-0008IJ-2s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:25:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4319.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.19]:20443) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oIXIc-0004n1-6f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:25:44 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=5cn6yn7iynawlmd77e5fadafdy.protonmail; t=1659367539; x=1659626739; bh=IEtMiNG6Zc852jxCoZrfQ03Xjt9Pbx0JAIC0cyzawI4=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To: References:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To: Feedback-ID:Message-ID; b=Ju02YqKgIXcNR+4HMcSw8OsEuj6rPaGrsKjQGM/zTwZBoPL0Zgg54l6GYk/c0kMow UpOJpEdRNoev8LUoLHMqK1kmT5nIWe5XEoS97tvo3VkXUWQ021XTDDe1md/0GVYeBr BSRSsIxrqcV2GRCzYLQXzb6k9cyeFKTdFUwIOnpPEVD5COyN7wuBIAg1taaokfi/Ia mlowUkjsVzcl9U1Bd00AHyOA1SKh9Or78xxg0pkuRv+JIuLi/cYNn9EMoaLYvacSNv hdM5N79csopaj6LlN3hWLsFOzkxB0YWERsgzvypsVskFZu+T+cAkE2BjyIxeDXcbTw gBTV6DM8EmgmA== In-Reply-To: <87czdkccm0.fsf@dataswamp.org> Feedback-ID: 52887082:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.19; envelope-from=uzibalqa@proton.me; helo=mail-4319.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham 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:138723 Archived-At: Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Monday, August 1st, 2022 at 1:33 PM, Emanuel Berg = wrote: > uzibalqa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > > > Are `flex' and` initials' considered frequently useful? > > > Depends who you ask ... > > > Which isthe most aggressive from the two? > > > Depends what property that is and how it is > measured/estimated ... `flex' attempts to complete using in-order substrings, so `foo' matches `fr= odo' or `fbarbazoo'. Whereas `initials' complete acronyms and initialisms such that `lch' matche= s `list-command-history'. They seem to do the same thing to me. Any good insight what one can do but= the other can't?