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29.2.50; choose-completion on an emacs22-style completion deletes text after point

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 70968 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#70968: 29.2.50; choose-completion on an emacs22-style completion deletes text after point
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 01:10:49 +0100

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On 24/09/2024 03:03, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> 
> The attached patch does not make a distinction for file name completion 
> - it just covers the core problem - but I think any UI could use the 
> addition and likewise lookup the 'file' category, and print the "hidden" 
> suffix in the Completions, and decide to drop the suffix in your first 
> scenario (file name completion with exit imminent).

Here's a halfway PoC of the UI printing the suffix based on the metadata 
property with emacs22 (without special behavior for files yet, but it 
should be straightforward to add the same set of conditions - the 
category, completion boundaries, etc).

[completion--emacs22-adjust-metadata-with-shadow-suffix.diff (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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