From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: completing-read return meta-information? Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 12:06:31 -0500 Message-ID: <86y4g6xpig.fsf@stephe-leake.org> References: <86y4g6zcuo.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <7c37cd21-a9e0-48fa-b5a2-a32595c43dda@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1442423236 15761 80.91.229.3 (16 Sep 2015 17:07:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:07:16 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 16 19:07:01 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcGAY-0007Yw-3F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:06:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52081 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcGAX-0007r7-Oy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:06:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34792) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcGAR-0007qH-C4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:06:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcGAO-0002Jp-5T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:06:47 -0400 Original-Received: from gproxy6-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com ([67.222.39.168]:58368) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcGAN-0002Je-Uw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:06:44 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 6701 invoked by uid 0); 16 Sep 2015 17:06:39 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO cmgw2) (10.0.90.83) by gproxy6.mail.unifiedlayer.com with SMTP; 16 Sep 2015 17:06:39 -0000 Original-Received: from host114.hostmonster.com ([74.220.207.114]) by cmgw2 with id Ht6a1r00V2UdiVW01t6deJ; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:06:37 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=C6F6l2/+ c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=CQdxDb2CKd3SRg4I0/XZPQ==:117 a=CQdxDb2CKd3SRg4I0/XZPQ==:17 a=DsvgjBjRAAAA:8 a=f5113yIGAAAA:8 a=9i_RQKNPAAAA:8 a=hEr_IkYJT6EA:10 a=x_XPkuGwIRMA:10 a=ff-B7xzCdYMA:10 a=yPCof4ZbAAAA:8 a=mDV3o1hIAAAA:8 a=YXwy6q0Jn20dNmBghxkA:9 a=kKalnZgzkGYA:10 Original-Received: from [76.218.37.33] (port=56914 helo=TAKVER2) by host114.hostmonster.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcGAF-0007Lm-Ui for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:06:36 -0600 In-Reply-To: <7c37cd21-a9e0-48fa-b5a2-a32595c43dda@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:00:39 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (windows-nt) X-Identified-User: {2442:host114.hostmonster.com:stephele:stephe-leake.org} {sentby:smtp auth 76.218.37.33 authed with stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org} X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 67.222.39.168 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:190032 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: >> I tried storing the directory info in a text property of the >> completion string; that was not returned. > > FWIW, I proposed years ago that a completion candidate (string) be > able to be returned propertized. "Be able" means that this can be > controlled, e.g., by a variable. > > Here is a thread about this from 2008, for instance: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-06/msg01503.html > There were other threads too. > > FWIW, in Icicles I've done this for nearly a decade. I use this > feature to recuperate information associated with an individual > candidate. A candidate can be as rich as you like and return as > much info as you like. > > The changes to the Emacs code needed to allow this are simple. Excellent. Can you post a patch? Or you can add it to the feature branch I'll push soon; scratch/project-find-file. Another choice would be for completing-read to return a cons when the completion-table returns an alist. That would also require a flag to allow the new behavior, to avoid breaking current alist completion tables. -- -- Stephe