John J Foerch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> You are browsing a webpage that has some non-hyperlinked URLs in the >>> text. You hit `g' and then some other key that invokes a completer >>> that scrapes the non-hyperlinked URLs from the text, and uses them as >>> a completions list. >> >> For this particular application, I think a browser object class may be >> appropriate. >> >>> It is easy to think of many other situations where novel sources would >>> be used to obtain a completions list. >> >> I wonder if many of these situations can likewise be solved using a >> browser object class.
> Yes, there is some overlap between the things for which browser > objects are best vs. completions. In the case of non-hyperlinked URLs, > I have the impression, correct me if I'm wrong, that positioning the > hint elements is not quite possible, making completions the logical > choice. A browser object class is not necessarily related to the hints system. The media browser object class uses completion to select among alternatives, for instance. Although potentially using the hints system might be nice, as you say it might be difficult and I was just thinking of using minibuffer completion. -- Jeremy Maitin-Shepard _______________________________________________ Conkeror mailing list [email protected] https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/conkeror
