From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: BIKESHED: completion faces Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 13:51:52 +0200 Message-ID: <831ruh9siv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87zhhaxalt.fsf@gmail.com> <83bltpgffr.fsf@gnu.org> <83tv7gg9oz.fsf@gnu.org> <83r22kg8pa.fsf@gnu.org> <20191106205133.njij3ve7qqy7yh3q@Ergus> <83ftizg4nr.fsf@gnu.org> <8336ezg2vm.fsf@gnu.org> <83wocbelu1.fsf@gnu.org> <83imnvegcp.fsf@gnu.org> <83ftizeelw.fsf@gnu.org> <83bltne6oq.fsf@gnu.org> <87lfsrqs63.fsf@gmail.com> <838soqeuzr.fsf@gnu.org> <87ftiyn07t.fsf@gmail.com> <8336eycvpf.fsf@gnu.org> <83pni2bcws.fsf@gnu.org> <83imnubax9.fsf@gnu.org> <83h83eb8od.fsf@gnu.org> <83d0e2b32k.fsf@gnu.org> <83r22ha64z.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="198631"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: spacibba@aol.com, dgutov@yandex.ru, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?B?Sm/Do28gVMOhdm9yYQ==?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 09 12:52:11 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iTPHn-000pW2-Hq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Nov 2019 12:52:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36074 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iTPHm-0006cV-9D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Nov 2019 06:52:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57309) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iTPHc-0006c8-0w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Nov 2019 06:52:00 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:38147) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iTPHb-0003DU-Mp; Sat, 09 Nov 2019 06:51:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1569 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iTPHb-0000Lo-1w; Sat, 09 Nov 2019 06:51:59 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from =?utf-8?B?Sm/Do28gVMOhdm9yYQ==?= on Sat, 9 Nov 2019 11:20:30 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:242036 Archived-At: > From: João Távora > Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 11:20:30 +0000 > Cc: Ergus , emacs-devel , > Stefan Monnier , Dmitry Gutov > > On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 6:57 AM Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > By "reversal" I mean that the part we highlight is the part that > > matched what the user typed, and the part we don't highlight is what > > the user might type to narrow the search. We currently do the > > opposite. > > Yes. You call this an inconsistency, I don't. I call this "reversal". I guess we now agree about this part, whereas previously you said there was no reversal. > Or maybe I could call it that, but the value that arises from > accepting it is greater than the drawbacks, IMO. I object to making this the default behavior, because it's the exact opposite of what we do now. I already suggested to make what you want an optional behavior, but AFAIU you rejected that, not sure I understand why.