From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Updating *Completions* as you type Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:54:11 +0200 Message-ID: <831qc87gq4.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87bkd3z9bi.fsf@catern.com> <86v89ws5t3.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <86v89vzf1o.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87pm03jn3w.fsf@catern.com> <861qcjw3ch.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <86r0ki2on3.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <86leao519y.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87fs0wk5oq.fsf@catern.com> <86edgfin4v.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87o7fhixzv.fsf@catern.com> <86o7fhy9ae.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87v89ohc6f.fsf@catern.com> <86il5nhdvh.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87plzuuend.fsf@catern.com> <837cm19ay3.fsf@gnu.org> <86jzq1kh7m.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <831qc993vg.fsf@gnu.org> <86jzq1t623.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83jzq07lks.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="15507"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: juri@linkov.net, sbaugh@catern.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Spencer Baugh Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 29 15:54:43 2023 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 1r8LxZ-0003mG-G7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:54:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r8LxI-0006y7-Dk; Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:54:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r8LxG-0006xs-F6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:54:22 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r8LxF-00078g-HY; Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:54:21 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=d72dGCNf6W71GMpy46SGeqoyWiCwkKb+8JrAKW1Atao=; b=Ve0x4xPamuCc pBQKkLRzqQ2ssheQurftSFXpMU28jtD9pIShuLvlJ8tnQDulS3XjCjr2nJPxnM4ujj/9/IriNjrkk DVDu0AxFyxwLhV9cXNN9oAGkenmQJfdqeNUz5P7C8ZzwEkYgBYiS+85ks9IfSxvFElZHH7gx3JMkw 9/GK1l8HR2VL06weEr2PedJHqSAAZ7ajYUWJbqy75cx76/m9VU5Jt3qAxXXiiuGBwgjTKW1YJ/Yzs 24ih52QmNJj4wBHsxGv0UG5Bn0QqSDlqmiXrW/uc4LFeXz8uB9QpXAH84ijWmc2xSTpyrmeg3QQ06 8ESZRjB4GE7rsGHKtplUng==; In-Reply-To: (message from Spencer Baugh on Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:14:05 -0500) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:313364 Archived-At: > From: Spencer Baugh > Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:14:05 -0500 > Cc: Juri Linkov , Spencer Baugh , emacs-devel@gnu.org > > My problem with "history order" or "historical order" is that it could > be confusing, since we are talking about input history. So we in fact > saying something like "sort history in history order". > > Oh, no, this is about sorting completion candidates, not history. The history is still in chronological > order always, it's not affected by this setting. The setting just determines whether completion > candidates are sorted alphabetically or to match the history. > > So it's "sort completions in history order". "History order" still sounds too heavy-handed. How about "in the order of their typing" or somesuch?