Re: kill-ring visualization

[Juri Linkov]

>> This requires implementing a new option in `completions-format'
>> and let-binding it in `yank-browse'.
>
> let-binding is not a good option, because if you use recursive
> minibuffers, this let-binding can end up affecting unrelated completions.

Thanks, I see now that it should be (mini)buffer-local.

> Also, to tell you the truth, I'd want this format to be specified by the
> completion table rather than by the code calling the completing-read.

If this means dropping `completion--insert-strings',
then I don't see benefits of doing that.

>> +         ((eq completions-format 'line)
>> +          ;; One-line format
>> +          (setq str (query-replace-descr str)))
>
> But this will not just change the string displayed, but also the string
> inserted by the yank.  We need to distinguish the two.

Maybe to put the `display' property with the value "^J" on newlines?

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Juri Linkov
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