Re: ;;; anything.el --- open anything

[Tassilo Horn]

"address@hidden" <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Tamas,

>> So it's an adaptive candidate sorter which learns which candidates
>> you select frequently and makes them more accessible for you.
>
> Currently, the history of selections is stored and used per source, so
> for example a different entry is stored when something is selected
> from the File Name History or Recentf and such stored entries are used
> only when sorting File Name History or Recentf, respectively.
>
> I vaguely remember there was some reason why I selected history
> handling by source, but now I don't really know what's the advantage.
> Shouldn't selection history be stored by type instead, so that for
> example a selection from any file providing source would contribute to
> the common knowledge of what files one selects most frequently?
>
> What do you think?

I think that would make sense.  But how would you go with sources that
don't have a type field?

BTW: I think I let anything-adaptive out of anything-config as long as
heavy changes and enhancements are likely to happen.  When stuff has
matured, I'm happy to include it.

Bye,
Tassilo
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