Re: Need for colorful completing read

[Akib Azmain Turja]

Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to make a function similar to `completing-read' for the
> choice of colors as shown by {M-x list-colors-display RET} so that I
> can choose or select a color and that I can see the color while
> selecting it.
>
> Is that possible or maybe already exists somewhere?

It should be possible.  Marginalia shows faces (on *Completion* buffer,
or Vertico, or Selectrum) when you call describe-face.  So, you should
also be able to show the colors by show spaces with both background set
to the color you want to show.  May be you can use Marginalia to do
this.  See Marginalia README, C-h P marginalia RET (make sure you loaded
the package list with M-x package-show-package-list).

>
>
> Jean
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