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Re: Updating *Completions* as you type


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Updating *Completions* as you type
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:52:45 +0200

> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>
> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:21:47 -0500
> Cc: juri@linkov.net, sbaugh@catern.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
>  > So it's "sort completions in history order".
> 
>  "History order" still sounds too heavy-handed.  How about "in the
>  order of their typing" or somesuch?
> 
> Why heavy-handed?

Because "history" has meaning outside of Emacs.

> I feel confident that more users will understand "History order" than "in the
> order of their typing".
> 
> How about "Sorted in the order of minibuffer history"?

That's better, but if you are okay with that, how about "Sorted in the
chronological order of minibuffer input"?



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