From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: Other details about completion. Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:29:13 +0300 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <86h776cbxa.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: <86r16g92v5.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <20220401202425.jfrwqmkm3ffmcm5h@Ergus> <20220404193501.adojhz7uvvaoq4sj@Ergus> <86czhw4oqr.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <4E8D9AEF-4D7A-4B11-822F-8D0911964A05@aol.com> <86bkxfibdo.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <20220405232013.5y5jnr4ykzqgxqla@Ergus> <86a6cyiqlt.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <20220406132108.evlofp5l3krsl5h7@Ergus> <86sfqqduon.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <20220406174532.chsgqkzd2gphyuh3@Ergus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="5457"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: Philip Kaludercic , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ergus Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 06 20:38:01 2022 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 1ncAXZ-0001FZ-Ax for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2022 20:38:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36994 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ncAXX-0007vR-1C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:37:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43406) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ncAVD-00057a-7k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:35:36 -0400 Original-Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.194]:52717) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ncAVA-0007P1-GC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:35:34 -0400 Original-Received: (Authenticated sender: juri@linkov.net) by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4FBDD40009; Wed, 6 Apr 2022 18:35:27 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <20220406174532.chsgqkzd2gphyuh3@Ergus> (Ergus's message of "Wed, 6 Apr 2022 19:45:32 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.70.183.194; envelope-from=juri@linkov.net; helo=relay2-d.mail.gandi.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=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: 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:287853 Archived-At: > Yes but there are three key differences there: 1) browsers show the > completion list immediately (like icomplete and > it's family), so they don't require a tab to show the completion list or > any binding to jump to/exit the completions list either. We could add a new variable or a new value to completion-auto-help to show the completions buffer on any edit. > 2) the browser completions are shown vertically only, so no horizontal > navigation is needed and not modifiers to the keys are needed either as > there is not any collision of bindings. and can be activated in the minibuffer only when the completions buffer shows more than 1 column. Maybe there is already a variable to detect this situation? > 3) The search they perform is on the history, so when the candidate is > unique it is inserted and selected, so easier to erase the suffix if > needed with backspace or insert at the end (right arrow). This is not what I see, candidates are not selected. Maybe you use other browsers versions. > BTW: do we have any sort of history search based on the inserted text > like bash history-search-backward?? It's just 'C-r C-w' in the minibuffer.