Kyle Meyer <k...@kyleam.com> writes: > Raoul Comninos writes: > >> Kyle Meyer <k...@kyleam.com> writes: >> >>> Hmm, isn't this just following the built-in completing-read's behavior? >>> >>> (completing-read >>> "Prompt: " >>> (list "Chris Bell" >>> "Phone Chris Bell" >>> "Meeting with Chris Bell")) >>> >>> ;; `C<tab>` => Chris Bell -> `<tab>` => Chris Bell [Sole completion] >> >> You may be right. To find all entries with "Chris Bell" I need to add an >> asterisk before "Chris" as in "*Chris". So the search is based on >> wildcards not regex. > > Yeah, I think that's the "*" from the partial-completion style in > completion-styles. > > (info "(emacs)Completion Styles") > >> Any idea how I may change this behaviour to search >> by regex? > > I'm not aware of a built-in completion style that offers that, but I > haven't used built-in completion for years. Ivy and, if I recall > correctly, Helm support regexps. I'd guess other third-party frameworks > do too. >
Thanks very much. -- Kindest regards, Raoul Comninos
