Re: Word Completion by Association

[Le Wang]

Artist wrote:

> Hi I am looking for mechanism which allows me to complete the word
> based on association.  Example: I have only 4 words : [artist],
> [google], [emacs], [gnu]
> 
> then the 'representations'   r , o, m, u should be enough to complete
> the above words respectively. Now lets say that we add the word
> [glass] in my set. Then 'glass' can be represented by 'l' and if we
> add the word [late] it could be represented by 'lt'. It's like
> shorthand for emacs or 'auto abbreviation'.
> 
> The key is that emacs automatically defines the abbreviations and let
> us know.
> 
> Is it already  possible?  difficult? possible at all?

Your questions are nothing if not interesting. ;)

Have you given any thought as to how you would implement such a completion 
system.

Currently substring completion is possible and it does most of what you ask 
for.  See icomplete, mcomplete.

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Le