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

[João Távora]

tumashu  <tumashu@163.com> writes:

>>I normally don't add a knob for things until someone actually requests
>>it.  If you're requesting it, then it can be added (and you can too).
> I suggest add this variable.

OK.  Patches welcome.

> by the way, I have found that prompt will flicker, for: "x/xxx M-x" ->
> "M-x" -> "x/xxx M-x" -> "M-x" ...

During potentially expensive filtering it is hidden.  It's better than
showing incorrect information, in my opinion.  It reappears once the
totals are known.  Would you rather if "flickered" to "?/?"  ?  Or would
you rather redisplay is inhibited until the totals are known?  Other
completers may use this last option, but I personally dislike sluggish
typing response.  And the whole constant updating thing is about
"flickering" anyway.

Anyway, avoiding intermediate rediplay seems possible but slightly
harder to implement in icomplete.el.

João