[Conkeror] changing URL completion choices

[John J Foerch]

David Kettler <David.Kettler at dsto.defence.gov.au> writes:
> I like the idea of integrating the completion and browser object
> systems; I think it will be both more flexible and simpler to
> understand.  Also, as browser object classes are selected by prefix
> commands it will be natural to think of completion types in the same
> way, so I may not miss changing them on the fly.
>
> On the other hand I sometimes find when I've typed a command that I
> want to then change the object class.  I currently quit the command,
> change the class and redo the command.  So maybe changing object classes
> after having typed the command is a worthwhile addition.
>
> For the particular case of "narrowing" I have an alternative
> suggestion.  If the list is long enough to require this, then perhaps
> a little pop up list isn't the best presentation.  There could be a
> key to "promote" the completion list to become a new fully-fledged
> buffer containing the list.  This can be navigated like a conventional
> buffer, but there could also be special commands to limit the items
> seen.  This has an analogue in the Gnus "limit" (/) facility.

These are good ideas.  Not necessarily simple to implement, but
definitely a direction we can move toward as we improve the browser
objects system.

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John Foerch