GNU bug report logs - #77312
[PATCH] Add uniquify-get-unique-names

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Message #73 received at 77312 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: sbaugh <at> janestreet.com, 77312 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mail <at> daniel-mendler.de
Subject: Re: bug#77312: [PATCH] Add uniquify-get-unique-names
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:09:36 +0300

> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:37:13 +0300
> Cc: sbaugh <at> janestreet.com, mail <at> daniel-mendler.de, 77312 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
> 
> On 23/06/2025 14:27, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Text properties are set on strings as well, not only on buffer text.
> > A notable example is the strings used to construct the mode line.  So
> > I don't see a problem here.
> 
> But either way they are described from the pov of how they affect a 
> buffer and some behavior in it.
> 
> So I wonder how you would want it introduced.

Just describe what this face is used for and what is its effect.

> Maybe instead we would instead have a note somewhere near where 
> 'completing-read-function', saying something to the effect that the 
> completion strings might have a certain text property that would point 
> to related object. Which the completion UI might use to provide some 
> extra functionality.

We should do both.

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