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

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 24.05.2021 22:05, João Távora wrote:
> - One commit, titled "Overhaul annotation-function to match
> affixation-function" makes annotation-function match its cousin in
> capability and switches the two producers of affixation-function to use
> annotation-function instead.  It uses the logic we discussed before,
> returning a propertized string.  It should be backward and forward
> compatible.

TBH, I'm not quite happy with the prefix-suffix thing either: it would 
be better to find some semantic names (if possible) and leave it to the 
frontend to do the layout.

For instance, if we're talking about annotation, Company users can 
choose between two ways of alignment, at least. And with 'kind' icons, 
some users will prefer them on the left, and some (even though there is 
currently no such option) would prefer it on the right.

The current examples of affixation function usages are quite modest: one 
can be turned into an annotation, and the other into a "kind" icon.

Perhaps the annotation placement hint for the former example might make 
sense, but I wouldn't call it crucial.