Re: BIKESHED: completion faces

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: João Távora <address@hidden>,
>   address@hidden,
>   address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 07:58:43 -0500
> 
> >>   fabrobazor
> >>   ^   ^   ^
> >>   `---`---`----- I want these bold by default in the future
> [...]
> > I understand that what I called completions-match-emphasis will
> > highlight f, o, and o -- the characters that were in the string typed
> > by the user.  These are currently not highlighted at all.
> 
> They're currently "highlighted" with the `completions-common-part` face,
> which by default so far has no visible attribute, so it "looks"
> not-highlighted.

So we agree, yes?  They are currently NOT highlighted, although they
do have a distinct face.

Anyway, what you write seems to contradict what João was saying
regarding the use of these faces.  Or maybe I'm still confused.

> I'd like to change that so the face has a "blue3"

How will the user know the difference between these two highlightings?
Are you counting on them to remember what they typed?  What about
completion in contexts where the user didn't type anything, like when
they type "?"