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Re: Word Completion by Association
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Le Wang |
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Re: Word Completion by Association |
Date: |
Mon, 03 Mar 2003 23:52:24 GMT |
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Artist wrote:
> Hi I am looking for mechanism which allows me to complete the word
> based on association. Example: I have only 4 words : [artist],
> [google], [emacs], [gnu]
>
> then the 'representations' r , o, m, u should be enough to complete
> the above words respectively. Now lets say that we add the word
> [glass] in my set. Then 'glass' can be represented by 'l' and if we
> add the word [late] it could be represented by 'lt'. It's like
> shorthand for emacs or 'auto abbreviation'.
>
> The key is that emacs automatically defines the abbreviations and let
> us know.
>
> Is it already possible? difficult? possible at all?
Your questions are nothing if not interesting. ;)
Have you given any thought as to how you would implement such a completion
system.
Currently substring completion is possible and it does most of what you ask
for. See icomplete, mcomplete.
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Le
Re: Word Completion by Association, Stefan Monnier, 2003/03/10