Re: Xref completion

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 06.12.2020 22:46, Juri Linkov wrote:
> > > > Also added some highlighting with corresponding xref faces. It now looks
> > > > closer to Pierre's original screenshot.
> > > Thanks, everything works well.  Would be nicer to add all available
> > > choices to xref-show-definitions-function (i.e. "at bottom", "minibuffer").
> >
> > Of course, a bit later.
> >
> > BTW, when we do that, should we also rename all involved functions to
> > "public" names?
>
> Indeed, these functions are not "internal".

All right.

> > > > On the one hand, it feels kinda faster, on the other, it lacks the ability
> > > > to "look around" when you really need it. In an ideal world, I guess the UI
> > > > would be somewhere in the middle.
> > > There are still too many differences between them.  The most noteworthy
> > > is that xref--show-defs-minibuffer doesn't show completions by default,
> > > only after TAB TAB.
> >
> > That depends on the completion UI in use.
> >
> > To see them right away, just start with 'M-x fido-mode'.
> >
> > Or here is the config I'm currently trying out. It needs both ivy and
> > ivy-posframe installed, though:
>
> > ;; See the result on the attached screenshot.
>
> But matches are not highlighted on your screenshot, whereas on Pierre's 
> screenshot
> matches are highlighted.

That's only because there is no input on my screenshot (I aimed to show 
other things). And Pierre's features input "noti".

Ivy, of course, highlights the matches.