From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com>
Cc: 50459@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50459: 28.0.50; Python shell completion is incompatible with flex, orderless, etc.
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2021 07:49:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cd485de4cd6bd29c005f@heytings.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87czpijixk.fsf@gmail.com>
>> You shouldn't use (setq completion-styles '(flex)), you should use
>> (add-to-list 'completion-styles 'flex). Otherwise the default
>> completion styles are not used anymore.
>
> This doesn't change the issue described in the subject line. I would
> still not see any flex completions if I did what you suggest.
>
Because the flex completion mechanism returns no completions, and the next
completion mechanism is called. What kind of flex completions would you
expect to see after x.t TAB in your example?
>
> Granted, completion wouldn't be totally broken. But I don't mind
> letting the brokenness manifest itself. Therefore I use (setq
> completion-styles '(orderless)).
>
It's not broken, it works as designed. Instead of asking each user of the
completion mechanism to implement a specific function for substring / flex
completion, these mechanisms tell them "please return all possible
completions, I'll do the filtering job for you".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-09 7:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-07 17:52 bug#50459: 28.0.50; Python shell completion is incompatible with flex, orderless, etc Augusto Stoffel
2021-09-08 17:44 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-09-09 7:11 ` Michael Albinus
2021-09-09 7:32 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-09 7:30 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-09 7:40 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-09-09 7:49 ` Gregory Heytings [this message]
2021-09-09 8:45 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-09-09 8:50 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-09 16:46 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-09-10 11:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-10 11:50 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-09-10 13:14 ` João Távora
2021-09-10 13:28 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-09-10 14:06 ` João Távora
2021-09-10 14:22 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-09-10 14:39 ` João Távora
2021-09-10 14:43 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-09-10 19:27 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-09-10 20:08 ` João Távora
2021-09-11 12:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-11 12:34 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-09-11 12:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-10 13:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-09-10 19:08 ` bug#50459: 28.0.50; [PATCH] " Augusto Stoffel
2021-09-11 12:50 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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