Option to indent the completions

[ScamChamp]

Can there be a indent option to move all completion candidets to the left x amount fo chars?

[minad]

You could try to adapt https://github.com/minad/vertico/wiki#prefix-current-candidate-with-arrow

[ScamChamp]

Thanks, I made this code which does what I want, it gives the same look of ido-vertical-mode:

(set-face-attribute 'vertico-current nil :inherit 'ido-first-match)

(cl-defmethod vertico--format-candidate :around
  (cand prefix suffix index start)
  (setq cand (cl-call-next-method cand prefix suffix index start))
  (concat (if (= vertico--index index)
	      "-> "
	    "   ")
	  cand))

BTW I know you from slim templates, I'm pleasently suprised that you use and contribute to emacs too

[ScamChamp]

Ok, so I have another problem: completions-common-part is placed on top of the vertico-current face, when IMO it should be the other way around. So it is giving me a weird look when I change completions-common-part face to have an colour as well as underline

[minad]

Thanks. Didn't you recently contribute these new window layout commands to Emacs? I like this in particular since I use and co-maintain EXWM. :)

Ok, so I have another problem: completions-common-part is placed on top of the vertico-current face, when IMO it should be the other way around.

Generally the completion style faces should be shown on top of the vertico-current face such that you see the highlighting. In the Vertico screenshots in the README you see the Orderless faces for example.

[ScamChamp]

Yeah I contributed those. I would too use EXWM if I wasn't so talented at making programing hang, and making programs that hang.

Generally the completion style faces should be shown on top of the vertico-current face such that you see the highlighting. In the Vertico screenshots in the README you see the Orderless faces for example.

Ok, I see. IMO it's not worth adding a variable to change the order in which the overides happen, if anything I think this is an emacs problem as the problem would be solved if emacs defined which attributes of faces one face an override and which not

[minad]

Yeah I contributed those.

Thank you very much for making Emacs a better window manager 🥳

I would too use EXWM if I wasn't so talented at making programing hang, and making programs that hang.

I really don't see such problems. You can use C-g to interrupt Elisp programs. The only serious issues I had were due to network problems which hang and which are then difficult to interrupt. But this problem does not only exist in Emacs, but also on a much lower level with network file systems.

Yes, certain Emacs programs have the tendency to block (GNUS, package manager update etc), but in these few cases I can just wait. Other programs are asynchronous (Elfeed, Consult search, background compilation, ...).

if anything I think this is an emacs problem as the problem would be solved if emacs defined which attributes of faces one face an override and which not

Hmm, but why? I argue that the completion style faces should override. They highlight the specific parts of the candidate strings for a reason. vertico-current highlights the whole line, so nothing is lost.