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30.0.50; Completion does not always highlight the "common part" corresponding to suffix

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 71419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#71419: 30.0.50; Completion does not always highlight the "common part" corresponding to suffix
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 02:57:43 +0300

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On 10/06/2024 00:06, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> diff --git a/lisp/minibuffer.el b/lisp/minibuffer.el
>> index f62cb2566b2..144cda8cfdc 100644
>> --- a/lisp/minibuffer.el
>> +++ b/lisp/minibuffer.el
>> @@ -3816,7 +3816,7 @@ completion-basic-all-completions
>>                               'point
>>                               (substring afterpoint 0 (cdr bounds)))))
>>            (all (completion-pcm--all-completions prefix pattern table pred)))
>> -    (completion-hilit-commonality all point (car bounds))))
>> +    (completion-pcm--hilit-commonality pattern all)))
>>
>>   ;;; Partial-completion-mode style completion.
> 
> Thanks for tracking it down.  It matches my expectation.

Thanks, now fixed on master.

>> But it would have been nice to be able to use it in the "progressive
>>   improvement" kind of fashion: when the suffix and the other parts are
>>   highlighted correctly, we do the right thing; if the style missed the
>>   suffix highlighting, we do the other thing - and put the responsibility on
>> the third party.
> 
> 🙂

It could work like in the attached. I agree that it's somewhat brittle, 
though.

If you're not in favor of installing this patch, what would be your 
preferred strategy for fixing bug#70968? We could try resurrecting the 
relevant part of Daniel's patch for completion-all-completions, but it 
means a fair amount of breakage. Or another dynamic variable similar to 
completion-lazy-hilit-fn...

FWIW my interest here is how to better implement the same step in 
company-mode, but the default UI is a good common ground.

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