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[PATCH] Allow limiting the size of *Completions*

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Message #67 received at 74561 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> catern.com>
Cc: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>,
 dmitry <at> gutov.dev, joaotavora <at> gmail.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 74561 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#74561: [PATCH] Allow limiting the size of *Completions*
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:00:15 -0500

>> 1. partition the list of completions (e.g. by `seq-partition`)
>>    into N groups corresponding to columns;
>> 2. then take the first elements from each sublist
>>    while laying them out line-by-line.
>
> I can do this, but just to warn you, this will require essentiallya
> complete rewrite of completion--insert-vertical.  So the patch is going
> to become a lot larger.  I suggest we should land the optimization for
> completion--insert-horizontal and completion--insert-one-column first,
> since those require smaller changes.

+1


        Stefan "not convinced such a rewrite is even worth the trouble,
                because of the increase of the costs that are
                proportional to the total completions"

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