Re: Better sorting for TeX-symbol-list

[Gustavo Barros]

Hi Arash,

On Sun, 12 Jun 2022 at 15:38, Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org> wrote:

> I think the function `TeX-symbol-list' just recollects the parsed
> information and it isn't that expensive, or do you experiment lags?

Not at all, it was just a theoretical observation (once vs every 
time). And, if I did, arguably `string-collate-lessp' would be more 
expensive than `string-lessp'. So, it was not a strong point, anyway.

> I'm not using ivy, but I think you can put something like this in your
> init file:
>
>   (define-key ivy-minibuffer-map (kbd "M-c") #'ivy-toggle-case-fold)
>
> Hitting M-c in ivy minibuffer after that should put \ac in a more
> prominent position (unless I'm missing something).  The hint above 
> comes
> from here[1].

"For me" I have now:

   (ivy-configure 'TeX-insert-macro :sort-fn #'string-collate-lessp)

But I had made the suggestion because I thought it might have been of 
general interest. Thanks for the hint, though.

> And I appreciate your suggestion.  I just don't believe that adjusting
> the sorting in AUCTeX is the right way to go since people tend to have
> different preferences which are addressed better somewhere else.

Agreed. ;)
And thanks for considering.

Best regards,
Gustavo.