Re: I can't set dabbrev to respect the writen case

[Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>]

did you confirm that fancy-dabbrev is not setting a dabbrev setting?

On 5/16/22, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:
> by default hippie-expand cycles.  to cycle backward you can undo.  idk
> if it or dabbrev has a menu.
>
> idk if this is useful but there is at least one menu package and many
> completion packages at seemingly varying levels of interoperability.
> some things have menus built in.  there is some degree of modularity
> in some packages, especially a set of minibuffer completion packages,
> which is not waht you are looking for.  i am confused by the many
> options.  so what i would start with is as an ignoramus [that's me] is
> trying to find an overview of what's out there, dabbrev settings or a
> hook for a menu, he settings, whether anything with a menu incluing a
> menu package is intended to fit modularly into dabbrev, whether
> dabbrev or he fit into some framework [company?] that has or can use a
> menu.  possibly you already tried those things but in cas nobod
> anwers.
>
>
> On 5/16/22, Ypo <ypuntot@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks, Samuel
>>
>> I've uninstalled fancy-dabbrev, and it seems to work when I complete
>> using M-/. But, now I don't have candidates to choose the completion.
>> Any advice with this?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Ypo
>>
>> El 16/05/2022 a las 0:15, Samuel Wales escribió:
>>> i do not use fancy-dabbrev, but i use dabbrev in hippie-expand.  it
>>> seems to do as you want.
>>>
>>> it should be possible to run hippie-expand with just dabbrev.  it
>>> might not be exactly the same because he might have its own version of
>>> dabbrev.  which might be what you want in this case.
>>>
>>> note that you have control over where dabbrev gets its data.  idk if
>>> that is a feature of vanilla dabbrev.
>>>
>>> i do not use any dabbrev settings or any he settings except the main
>>> one for he.  it is set to
>>>
>>>        '(try-expand-dabbrev-visible
>>>          try-expand-dabbrev
>>>          try-expand-dabbrev-all-buffers
>>>          try-expand-dabbrev-from-kill
>>>
>>>          try-complete-lisp-symbol
>>>          ;;do i want this first?  am i supposed to use another thing to
>>>          ;;complete from that point?
>>>          ;;try-complete-lisp-symbol-partially
>>>
>>>          ;;try-expand-whole-kill
>>>          try-complete-file-name-partially
>>>          try-complete-file-name
>>>          hoka-try-complete-with-calc-result)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/14/22, Ypo<ypuntot@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I find dabbrev and fancy-dabbrev very useful to typing fast. But there
>>>> is a problem I am not able to solve: When I apply an expansion while
>>>> writing, the case is always that of the expansion, I can't make it to
>>>> respect what I have written. An example:
>>>>
>>>> — (Typing) "Hel
>>>>
>>>> — (Offered expansion) "hello"
>>>>
>>>> — (What I get when accepting the expansion) "hello"
>>>>
>>>> — (What I wanted) "Hello"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Ypo
>>>>
>>>
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