From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: BIKESHED: completion faces Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:40:05 +0200 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <87imnvl2si.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: <4c5631d4-9dfd-04c6-c573-b83c67fcc2fa@yandex.ru> <87pni7p83l.fsf@gmail.com> <87h83ipoi0.fsf@gmail.com> <3f7afc8e-b3d1-07a4-9350-3bfc5775ba21@yandex.ru> <87sgn1yl4b.fsf@gmail.com> <87bltp1eug.fsf@gmail.com> <87pni4adrc.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83d0e3g3vf.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="29255"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, joaotavora@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, dgutov@yandex.ru To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 08 00:00:54 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 1iSqlq-0007TA-IG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:00:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48630 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iSqlp-0006Jt-3n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:00:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52181) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iSqk4-0006Jg-4E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:59:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iSqk3-0005qN-0x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:59:04 -0500 Original-Received: from bongo.elm.relay.mailchannels.net ([23.83.212.21]:38312) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iSqjy-0005hA-Pk; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:58:59 -0500 X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|jurta@jurta.org Original-Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E94465E132A; Thu, 7 Nov 2019 22:58:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a69.g.dreamhost.com (100-96-85-194.trex.outbound.svc.cluster.local [100.96.85.194]) (Authenticated sender: dreamhost) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 1A11B5E1E62; Thu, 7 Nov 2019 22:58:56 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|jurta@jurta.org Original-Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a69.g.dreamhost.com ([TEMPUNAVAIL]. [64.90.62.162]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384) by 0.0.0.0:2500 (trex/5.18.5); Thu, 07 Nov 2019 22:58:56 +0000 X-MC-Relay: Neutral X-MailChannels-SenderId: dreamhost|x-authsender|jurta@jurta.org X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: dreamhost X-Tart-Rock: 1377848d5752f32f_1573167536535_2118127344 X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1573167536535:533110541 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1573167536535 Original-Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a69.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a69.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 963D68A371; Thu, 7 Nov 2019 14:58:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=linkov.net; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=linkov.net; bh=F+4holL2GejK+j9+qrV5oZZwr/c=; b= CnOEAfBWNjcFc4uIDvr+WJg0buymJvwT1z+mV0Ow0B8qi8/zXpmc9h0jC529Uw53 7LdzAc6CqhpsHQiDOAH3b8JRxfW5ebK8LejusRrcWN+wkxAKb5ncVKgGY2Nf2Bly f40vHPRm95LN2kg3DDu2hrx13E2ouhaxgxkFc4sN/U4= Original-Received: from mail.jurta.org (m91-129-102-1.cust.tele2.ee [91.129.102.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jurta@jurta.org) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a69.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3FEF08A997; Thu, 7 Nov 2019 14:58:48 -0800 (PST) X-DH-BACKEND: pdx1-sub0-mail-a69 In-Reply-To: <83d0e3g3vf.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 07 Nov 2019 16:25:40 +0200") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 23.83.212.21 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:241961 Archived-At: >> This screenshot demonstrates different completion styles: >> https://www.chromestory.com/2018/05/omnibox-redesign/ >> where "time" in the link from bookmark/history >> is highlighted in bold for flex completion style, >> but "time" in search results for prefix completion style >> is not highlighted. Instead it highlights the remaining part >> to help the user to continue typing the highlighted characters. > > IMO and IME, this UI is optimized for clicking on the match you fancy, > not for continuing typing. The matches highlighted in the links from the history/bookmarks using flex completion style are intended for clicking, indeed. But the search results with the highlighted first difference and remaining string are intended for help in continuing typing to narrow the search results.