Re: [PATCH] (icomplete-vertical-mode): Add support for affixations and, annotations

[Stefan Monnier]

Dmitry Gutov [2021-05-24 01:42:26] wrote:
> On 24.05.2021 00:04, João Távora wrote:
>> But I don't understand why these decision should be done in the data
>> backend.  The backedn should only annotate a completion with a possible
>> _hint_  on how to layout ("prefix" and "suffix" are hints). It's the
>> frontend, who is who knows what to display and where, who should be
>> responsible for the layout.
>
> I've made some similar arguments in a recent thread:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-04/msg01320.html

+1


        Stefan