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Re: [PATCH] (icomplete-vertical-mode): Add support for affixations and,


From: Dmitry Gutov
Subject: Re: [PATCH] (icomplete-vertical-mode): Add support for affixations and, annotations
Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 01:42:26 +0300
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On 24.05.2021 00:04, João Távora wrote:
But I don't understand why these decision should be done in the data
backend.  The backedn should only annotate a completion with a possible
_hint_  on how to layout ("prefix" and "suffix" are hints). It's the
frontend, who is who knows what to display and where, who should be
responsible for the layout.

I've made some similar arguments in a recent thread:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-04/msg01320.html



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