From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
To: Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de>
Cc: Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>,
jb@jeremybryant.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: Why not include all ELPA packages in an Emacs release?
Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 15:20:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h6efuy1i.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87frtzium3.fsf@daniel-mendler.de> (Daniel Mendler's message of "Thu, 30 May 2024 10:15:00 +0200")
Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de> writes:
> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de> writes:
>>
>>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>>>
>>>> Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am not familiar with cape,
>>>>>
>>>>> Cape offers CAPFs, but I think one great featuzre is that you can switch
>>>>> the CAPF function during completion with something like this in your
>>>>> init file:
>>>>>
>>>>> (use-package cape
>>>>> :bind (:map corfu-map
>>>>> ("C-c p d" . cape-dabbrev)
>>>>> ("C-c p f" . cape-file)
>>>>> ("C-c p s" . cape-elisp-symbol)
>>>>> ("C-c p w" . ispell-completion-at-point)
>>>>> ("C-c p :" . cape-emoji)))
>>>>
>>>> I tried it out, and it doesn't seem to work that well without something
>>>> like corfu or vertico. Generally it seems like an example where
>>>> "completion" is misinterpreted to mean "selection".
>>>
>>> This is not correct. Please stop spreading misinformation like this.
>>> Capfs like the ones from Cape can be used to complete in a stepwise
>>> manner.
>>
>> I understand that, I am just saying that it doesn't feel that natural
>> without something like corfu enabled as well. Or at least with the
>> above configuration, something like cape-emoji with the default
>> in-buffer completion is less comfortable than the built-in C-x 8 e.
>> Same with dabbrev itself vs. cape-dabbrev.
>
> First, this is not what you said (selection vs completion).
I do think that this is related. cape-emoji, cape-tex, etc. do not
complete partial input.
> Second, the
> Capfs provided by Cape work as well or "natural" as other Capfs with the
> default completion UI as they do with Corfu. The aforementioned
> configuration is meant to trigger completion manually, which will open a
> completion UI in any case, but this is not the only way to use these
> Cape commands. You can also use the Capfs by adding them to the
> `completion-at-point-functions' list. Then you can use them as usual via
> `completion-at-point'.
Again, I cannot agree or at least I don't see why. My impression is
that using the TeX input method remains more natural to me than adding
cape-tex to `completion-at-point-functions'.
>>> Simple examples are cape-dict, cape-dabbrev or cape-file.
>>> cape-dabbrev for example predates the builtin dabbrev-capf and works in
>>> the same way.
>>
>> How? When I use M-/, the expansion is replaced in place, while
>> cape-dabbrev behaves more like dabbrev-completion (C-M-/) by prompting
>> me for input.
>
> Yes, dabbrev-expand behaves differently. Note that cape-dabbrev also
> replaces the expansion at point if it is unique, like the dabbrev-capf
> or dabbrev-completion. But that's not my point here. Cape provides
> Capfs, and all I am saying is that the Capfs work as well with the
> default completion UI as they do with Corfu. They follow the usual
> implementation practices of other Capfs which are already part of Emacs.
> You can use them by invoking `completion-at-point' and perform a
> step-wise expansion. Selection doesn't has to happen necessarily.
I can't think of an example OOTB where completion-at-point expands a
string like \alpha results in α. When playing around with this, it
feels unnatural to me, but if I am the only one who feels like this then
this doesn't matter. My point is that this feels less unnatural when
used in combination with Corfu, that presents the options as a kind of
selection.
What is relevant for this thread is that there are (debatable) implicit
dependencies between packages that should be kept in mind when
considering to add a package to the core.
> Daniel
--
Philip Kaludercic on peregrine
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-30 15:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-28 8:48 Why not include all ELPA packages in an Emacs release? Jeremy Bryant
2024-05-28 23:15 ` Stefan Kangas
2024-05-28 23:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-05-29 5:59 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-05-29 11:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-29 15:27 ` Arash Esbati
2024-05-29 15:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-29 16:06 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-05-29 19:33 ` Andrea Corallo
2024-05-30 19:25 ` Adding AUCTeX to core " Jeremy Bryant
2024-05-30 19:33 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-05-31 18:58 ` Jeremy Bryant
2024-06-07 22:00 ` Jeremy Bryant
2024-06-08 6:56 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-06-08 9:40 ` Arash Esbati
2024-06-08 15:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-06-08 15:49 ` Po Lu
2024-06-09 3:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-06-09 19:39 ` Stefan Kangas
2024-05-29 22:16 ` Arash Esbati
2024-05-29 22:19 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-05-30 6:25 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-05-30 6:33 ` Daniel Mendler via Emacs development discussions.
2024-05-30 7:28 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-05-30 8:15 ` Daniel Mendler via Emacs development discussions.
2024-05-30 15:20 ` Philip Kaludercic [this message]
2024-05-29 20:35 ` Tassilo Horn
2024-05-29 22:04 ` Arash Esbati
2024-05-30 5:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-30 10:52 ` Arash Esbati
2024-05-30 5:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-30 7:55 ` Po Lu
2024-05-30 11:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-30 11:53 ` Po Lu
2024-05-30 12:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-30 12:58 ` Po Lu
2024-05-30 14:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-05-30 14:26 ` Po Lu
2024-05-30 13:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-05-30 14:05 ` Po Lu
2024-05-30 15:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-05-30 8:00 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-05-29 20:44 ` Stefan Kangas
2024-05-30 5:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-07 21:48 ` Moving core packages to ELPA [Was: Re: Why not include all ELPA packages in an Emacs release?] Jeremy Bryant
2024-06-08 6:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-08 8:10 ` Michael Albinus
2024-06-08 8:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-08 15:55 ` Michael Albinus
2024-06-08 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-08 16:59 ` Michael Albinus
2024-06-07 21:55 ` Candidate packages for ELPA bundling " Jeremy Bryant
2024-06-08 1:44 ` Po Lu
2024-06-08 2:11 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-06-08 2:46 ` Po Lu
2024-06-08 6:41 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-06-08 6:54 ` Po Lu
2024-06-08 7:47 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-06-08 15:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-06-08 16:24 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-06-08 15:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-06-08 6:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-08 6:48 ` Po Lu
2024-06-08 15:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-06-08 15:37 ` Po Lu
2024-06-08 15:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-06-09 0:06 ` Po Lu
2024-06-09 3:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-06-08 6:55 ` Philip Kaludercic
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