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+To: Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: Address completion in Emacs\r
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+References: <87d27p9t0f.fsf@nautilus.nautilus>\r
+From: David Edmondson <dme@dme.org>\r
+Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:14:37 +0000\r
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+On Fri, Dec 12 2014, Lele Gaifax wrote:\r
+> Hi all,\r
+>\r
+> Yesterday I tweaked my Emacs configuration to use "ido-completing-read"\r
+> to select the right address in the minibuffer, and noticed what seems a\r
+> glitch in the related code.\r
+>\r
+> To accomplish the goal, I implemented my own selection function\r
+>\r
+> (defun esk-notmuch-address-selection-function (prompt addresses first)\r
+> "Use `ido-completing-read' to select one of the addresses."\r
+> (ido-completing-read prompt (cons first addresses)\r
+> nil nil nil 'notmuch-address-history))\r
+>\r
+> and then assigned it to `notmuch-address-selection-function':\r
+>\r
+> (setq notmuch-address-selection-function 'esk-notmuch-address-selection=\r
+-function)\r
+>\r
+> As you can see, I had to `cons' the two arguments, because the caller of\r
+> that function does something similar to the following (where `orig' is\r
+> the text entered before TAB-completion):\r
+>\r
+> (options (notmuch-address-options orig))\r
+> (num-options (length options))\r
+> (chosen (funcall notmuch-address-selection-function\r
+> (format "Address (%s matches): " num-options)\r
+> (cdr options) (car options)))\r
+>\r
+> and the standard `notmuch-address-selection-function' is defined like:\r
+>\r
+> (defun notmuch-address-selection-function (prompt collection initial-in=\r
+put)\r
+> "Call (`completing-read'\r
+> PROMPT COLLECTION nil nil INITIAL-INPUT 'notmuch-address-history)"\r
+> (completing-read\r
+> prompt collection nil nil initial-input 'notmuch-address-history))\r
+>\r
+> where that `initial-input' is not what I initially thought, the text\r
+> entered by the user, but rather the first completion candidate.\r
+>\r
+> Wouldn't it be more "correct" to pass the unchanged `options' list and\r
+> the "real" `orig' text as `initial-input' to the customizable function\r
+> instead?\r
+\r
+Would I then have to press TAB twice to get the first result?\r
+\r
+> I understand that it may be undesiderable to break existing\r
+> configurations by rectifying the arguments in that way, and in such case\r
+> could we change the `initial-input' argument name to better reflect the\r
+> fact that it actually contains one possible candidate instead?\r
+\r
+>From the perspective of `notmuch-address-selection-function', it _is_\r
+the `initial-input', as that is what is presented to the user.\r
+\r
+> Thanks in advance for any clarification,\r
+> ciao, lele.\r
+> --=20\r
+> nickname: Lele Gaifax | Quando vivr=C3=B2 di quello che ho pensato ieri\r
+> real: Emanuele Gaifas | comincer=C3=B2 ad aver paura di chi mi copia.\r
+> lele@metapensiero.it | -- Fortunato Depero, 1929.\r
+>\r
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