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Default Emacs completion and extras

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In this video I offer an overview of my current completion framework for Emacs. It consists of a set of modules that are pieced together into a robust system. The centrepiece is the standard minibuffer. The text of the presentation is available right below ( org-mode notation). Refer to my Emacs configuration file (“dotemacs”) for the implementation details of my completion framework and everything else I currently have: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/dotemacs . #+TITLE: Default Emacs completion and extras #+AUTHOR: Protesilaos Stavrou · protesilaos.com * Piecing together a completion framework Today I will talk to you about how I currently handle completion in Emacs. The plan is to tour you around the various tools I use; tools which comprise my system for narrowing down a list of candidates. My system consists of the following constituents: + Default minibuffer (exactly what you get when you run =emacs -Q= from the command line). + =orderless= completion style, which extends the built-in list of pattern matching =completion-styles=. + =embark= to visualise the list of completion candidates, as well as provide actions on a per-item or per-set basis. + =consult= to enhance several m…

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Protesilaos Stavrou

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