GNU bug report logs - #17603
completion of previous input

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From: Danny Nguyen <anuindale <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Emacs enhancement request
Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 12:44:31 -0700

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Hi Emacs support team,

I am an avid user of GNU Emacs and I love using Tex mode to write my
documents. However one of the features that I find lacking in Emacs is
*auto-complete*. By that I don't mean the common feature found in other IDE
for programmers but the following. Suppose I already typed up a formula

*\int_{\mathbb{R}} e^{2 \pi i x^2} dx = 1*

And after paragraph or so I want to repeat the same thing all over again
(and maybe modify *x* to *y*). Of course I can search+save region+yank but
that's too manual. What I wish to have is if I typed *\int* and then
invoked the *auto-complete *command, Emacs would move the point to the
previous instance of *\int* and allow me to mark a region around it. After
marking I could hit *Enter* and Emacs would copy the highlighted part and
put it to the partially completed *\int* below. I also want to be able to
cycle through previous instances of *\int* with the up and down arrow keys,
much like using *isearch*.

This could be also useful outside the scope of Tex mode. I realize this
sounds more like a minor mode rather than a macro.

Thanks,
Danny

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Message #10 received at 17603 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Danny Nguyen <anuindale <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 17603 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17603: Emacs enhancement request
Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 21:10:41 -0400

> I am an avid user of GNU Emacs and I love using Tex mode to write my
> documents. However one of the features that I find lacking in Emacs is
> *auto-complete*. By that I don't mean the common feature found in other IDE
> for programmers but the following. Suppose I already typed up a formula

> *\int_{\mathbb{R}} e^{2 \pi i x^2} dx = 1*

> And after paragraph or so I want to repeat the same thing all over again
> (and maybe modify *x* to *y*). Of course I can search+save region+yank but
> that's too manual. What I wish to have is if I typed *\int* and then
> invoked the *auto-complete *command, Emacs would move the point to the
> previous instance of *\int* and allow me to mark a region around it. After
> marking I could hit *Enter* and Emacs would copy the highlighted part and
> put it to the partially completed *\int* below. I also want to be able to
> cycle through previous instances of *\int* with the up and down arrow keys,
> much like using *isearch*.

What you describe (including letting you mark the region around the
previous match) sounds sufficiently complex (UI-wise) that using

  C-SPC C-r *\int ..copy text.. C-u C-SPC C-y

wouldn't be noticeably more complex.
So I think it only makes sense to provide such a feature if the choice
of the amount to copy can be made somewhat automatic.

Maybe hippie-expand's try-expand-line would work for you?


        Stefan

Message #13 received at 17603 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Danny Nguyen <anuindale <at> gmail.com>, 17603 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17603: completion of previous input
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:06:17 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> What you describe (including letting you mark the region around the
> previous match) sounds sufficiently complex (UI-wise) that using
>
>   C-SPC C-r *\int ..copy text.. C-u C-SPC C-y
>
> wouldn't be noticeably more complex.
> So I think it only makes sense to provide such a feature if the choice
> of the amount to copy can be made somewhat automatic.
>
> Maybe hippie-expand's try-expand-line would work for you?

Emacs (now) has a number of different completion libraries and
frameworks, so I don't think there's anything specific to be done in
this bug report, and I'm closing it.

-- 
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