Re: find-file-project

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 01/21/2016 03:08 AM, Drew Adams wrote:

> Maybe try explaining why you need to break `all-completions' and
> `minibuffer-completion-table'.  Don't suggest breaking it and I
> probably won't jump in at all.

We've discussed it in this thread already. Do you always ask for 
special, personal explanations?

> Why can't you build your shiny new feature outside the existing
> completion framework, if it doesn't suit your purpose?  Why do
> you (think you) need to break it?

It's a set of interconnected new features. When you want to introduce a 
new feature, it doesn't make sense to always create an entirely new 
system. For one thing, many existing users (of the previous system) will 
be disappointed that they got left behind.

And the new system will be inferior in terms of the audience (users and 
backends that plug into it).

> So use whatever alternative you (think you) need, but outside the
> current framework - instead of just breaking that framework to fit
> what you want to do.

You're implying there's a good alternative.

If you dislike change so much, why don't you stop upgrading Emacs?

> So what?  There are lots of ways to use the minibuffer.  And you
> can add to them if they aren't enough for you.  You should not
> need to break existing ways of using it just to add your own way.

That wouldn't make it lose in capability. Some existing code would just 
need to be updated.