Re: LaTeX commands and packages names autocomplete.

[Hongyi Zhao]

On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 10:54 PM Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 1:30 PM Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > My current configuration:
> > >
> > > (use-package company-math
> > >   :hook
> > >   ;; This will enable the company-math backend for LaTeX mode
> > >   (LaTeX-mode . (lambda ()
> > >           (setq-local company-backends
> > >                   (append '((company-math-symbols-latex 
> > > company-latex-commands))
> > >                       company-backends))))
> > >   )
> > >
> > > See the attached file for the results returned using your example.
> >
> > I think you need none of company-math-symbols-latex and
> > company-latex-commands, AUCTeX offers already a Capf for both of them,
> > so comment out that part and start company without any additions in your
> > .tex file.
> >
> > > What's your corfu configuration?
> >
> > (setq tab-always-indent 'complete)
> > (setq corfu-auto t)
> > (global-corfu-mode)
>
> Now, I've disabled all the company-mode related configuration and try
> switching to corfu as follows:
>
> ;; https://github.com/minad/corfu#installation-and-configuration
> (use-package corfu
>   ;; Optional customizations
>   ;; :custom

I should have also uncommented the above line. But even so, I have the
following problems:

1. I must at least type 3 letters to trigger the completion.
2. Furthermore, my completion candidates list entries are less than
yours, as shown in the attached screenshot.

>   ;; (corfu-cycle t)                ;; Enable cycling for 
> `corfu-next/previous'
>   (corfu-auto t)                 ;; Enable auto completion
>   ;; (corfu-separator ?\s)          ;; Orderless field separator
>   ;; (corfu-quit-at-boundary nil)   ;; Never quit at completion boundary
>   ;; (corfu-quit-no-match nil)      ;; Never quit, even if there is no match
>   ;; (corfu-preview-current nil)    ;; Disable current candidate preview
>   ;; (corfu-preselect 'prompt)      ;; Preselect the prompt
>   ;; (corfu-on-exact-match nil)     ;; Configure handling of exact matches
>   ;; (corfu-scroll-margin 5)        ;; Use scroll margin
>
>   ;; Enable Corfu only for certain modes.
>   ;; :hook ((prog-mode . corfu-mode)
>   ;;        (shell-mode . corfu-mode)
>   ;;        (eshell-mode . corfu-mode))
>
>   ;; Recommended: Enable Corfu globally.
>   ;; This is recommended since Dabbrev can be used globally (M-/).
>   ;; See also `corfu-exclude-modes'.
>   :init
>   (global-corfu-mode))
>
> ;; A few more useful configurations...
> (use-package emacs
>   :init
>   ;; TAB cycle if there are only few candidates
>   (setq completion-cycle-threshold 3)
>
>   ;; Emacs 28: Hide commands in M-x which do not apply to the current mode.
>   ;; Corfu commands are hidden, since they are not supposed to be used via 
> M-x.
>   ;; (setq read-extended-command-predicate
>   ;;       #'command-completion-default-include-p)
>
>   ;; Enable indentation+completion using the TAB key.
>   ;; `completion-at-point' is often bound to M-TAB.
>   (setq tab-always-indent 'complete))
>
>
> But I cannot get any completion effect provided by corfu, as shown in
> the attached screenshot.
>
> > Best, Arash
>
> Regards, Zhao

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