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

[Ypo <ypuntot@gmail.com>]

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Thanks, Samuel.

I am trying Company. It works with dabbrev out of the box, and I 
understand its options for cases, so I get what I intended.

Best regards,

Ypo

El 17/05/2022 a las 1:43, Samuel Wales escribió:
> 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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