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[PATCH] Add support for updating *Completions* as you type

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Message #29 received at 77649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: sbaugh <at> catern.com, 77649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net,
 mail <at> daniel-mendler.de
Subject: Re: bug#77649: [PATCH] Add support for updating *Completions* as
 you type
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:05:04 +0300

> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
> Cc: sbaugh <at> catern.com,  77649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  mail <at> daniel-mendler.de,
>    juri <at> linkov.net
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:32:18 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> Cc: sbaugh <at> catern.com, 77649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
> >>  Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
> >> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:43:56 -0400
> >> From:  Spencer Baugh via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> >>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> >> 
> >> +*** New user option 'completion-eager-update.
> >                                                ^
> > Closing quote missing there.
> >
> >> +This option configures whether typing should update the contents of the
> >                ^^^^^^^^^^
> > We normally use "controls".
> >
> >> +"*Completions*" buffer, if it is shown.  When the option is set to t,
> >> +typing will always update the "*Completions*" buffer.  Note that for
> >> +large or inefficient completion tables, this can slow down typing.  The
> >> +default setting enables eager updating only if requested by the command.
> >> +For more fine-grained control you can also toggle this feature by
> >> +category using the symbol 'eager-update in the user option
> >> +'completion-category-overrides'.
> >
> > IMO, the last two sentences are too vague/mysterious to be useful
> > (this is a user option, remember?)
> 
> These two sentences are just copied (with a minor change) from the
> announcement for the very similar option completion-eager-display, just
> above.  Should I reword that one as well in this commit?

If you wish, yes.

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