[debbugs-tracker] bug#29398: closed (company-minimum-prefix-length)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: company-minimum-prefix-length Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 10:11:36 +0100

Dear auctex developers,

I'm using auctex with the company completion system. The problem is that

company-minimum-prefix-length

is ignored in tex files. This is annoying when typesetting math with the usual single-character symbols like i or n because I have to press C-g multiple times to turn of the completion overlay.

I had initially posted this issue on github with spacemacs and company-auctex, it affects several people as well

https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/issues/9388

https://github.com/alexeyr/company-auctex/issues/18

The root of the problems seems this code in auctex/tex.el in v11.91

;; By default, company completions kick in after a prefix of 3 chars has
;; been typed.  Since we don't have too many completions, that's too
;; much.
(set (make-local-variable 'company-minimum-prefix-length) 1)))

I don't understand the explanation given for creating this local variable. I request that it be removed or done in such a way that it doesn't override global user settings.

bye

Fred

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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux)
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> Hi all,
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> I've removed the code.  The argument that many users also use the
> dabbrev company backend in combination with the native completion of the
> mode made sense.  In that case, you might have thousands of completions
> with a too short prefix length.
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> Bye,
> Tassilo
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