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Emacs: Completion in the buffer with completion-at-point-functions
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In this ~22-minute video I explain how Emacs performs completion in a buffer. I cover what happens behind the scenes with the variable completion-at-point-functions. Then I also go to the frontends, which affects the modalities of interaction. I cover t built-in Completions buffer, the packages Corfu and Company, and the built-in completion-preview-mode. Finally, I comment at some further length on how to control the grouping of results in the completion-at-point-functions. In that context I also mention the Cape package, as well as some extra functionality that the Company package provide. I wrote an article which covers all of what is in the video as well as code samples. Its text is below. Table of Contents Make TAB complete when it can The in-buffer completion backends ( completion-at-point-functions ) Common providers of CAPFs The completion frontends Corfu for an in-buffer completion popup window My preferred corfu setup plus cape Company for an in-buffer completion popup window My preferred Company setup The built-in completion-preview-mode for a minimalist single suggestion at a time My preferred setup for completion-preview-mode Make TAB complete when it can By default, Em…
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Protesilaos Stavrou
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