bug#48073: 27.2; [Eglot] Don't bind `completion-styles' buffer locally?

[João Távora]

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 8:21 PM Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com> wrote:

Binding `completion-styles' buffer locally can lead to problems on
alternative completion UIs, say if the minibuffer is involved (this used
to happen with Consult's compeltion in region until recently).

It seems that a more appropriate way to override the completion style
would be to include a category in the completion table metadata, and add
a corresponding entry to `completion-category-defaults', which can be
done globally.

Hi Augusto,

Yes, I think you are right about this.  And then Eglot's completion table would use

use a category that points to the style? Is that the idea?  The end goal  is not to

lose flex-style completion for LSP-servers.

If so, can you draft a patch and attach it to your reply? By the way, thanks for

inaugurating the Emacs bug tracker for Eglot bugs.

Also CCint Stefan Monnier since he usually has insight about this.

João