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Re: Xref completion
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Xref completion |
Date: |
Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:38:24 +0200 |
> From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 19:13:18 +0100
>
> Currently, when a xref query hits multiple candidates Emacs shows a Xref
> buffer with the various candidates and their location.
>
> While informative, it's a bit slow in terms of UX because the user has
> to navigate an extra buffer just to confirm the candidate.
>
> I've addressed this issue as part of my work on Helm-SLY, a Helm for the
> fork of SLIME.
>
> https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm-sly
>
> In particular, I've overridden the behaviour with regards to Xrefs and
> instead of showing the Xref buffer, I'm now offering completion: the
> user can match against the symbol but also against the file and line
> position.
>
> See screenshot attached.
I'm not sure I understand the UI and the interaction. When there are
several hits, they usually are spelled (almost) the same. So how
would the user pick up what he/she wants using the completion UI?
And where are the candidates shown -- in the minibuffer? or in a
special buffer, like Xref does?
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