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26.3; `widget-complete' in `customize-option'

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Message #20 received at 39143 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>,
 "39143 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <39143 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : Re: bug#39143: 26.3; `widget-complete' in
 `customize-option'
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:28:13 -0300

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Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Hi Mauro,
>
> Thanks for looking into this.  I'd completely forgotten about it.
>
> I do think that improving completion for Customize thingies could
> encourage more use of the Customize UI.
>
> I think everything you said and suggested sounds good.  I agree about
> the double-edged sword of the added complexity - not just for the
> coding but also for users.
>
> Parameter-specific completion can really help, but with different
> kinds of parameters some users might get confused by the different
> kinds of completion for them.
>
> Overall, I think it would be a definite improvement.  And with some
> completion "frameworks" (and perhaps even with some ~recent vanilla
> Emacs improvements?) users could maybe get interactive help on the
> completion possibilities.
>
> Anything you find you can do to improve this will be welcome.  Use
> your own judgment; it'll be fine, I'm sure.

Thanks Drew.

The attached patch is alternative 1: Provide better completion for
Parameter and provide completion for Value when we know the
alternatives.  I think it is an improvement, and it doesn't make the UI
more complex, which alternative 2 does.

[0001-Provide-better-completion-for-customizing-frame-para.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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