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Prioritize word matches in the search results

Open kaorahi opened this issue 3 months ago • 2 comments

ref. https://github.com/kaorahi/howm/issues/85#issuecomment-3301971400

Oops, you need (setq howm-list-prefer-word t). I mistakenly thought this was the default.

Now I'm not sure whether I should make it the default, since long-time users might not welcome any incompatible changes. Even if they can disable it with a setting, nobody really wants to stop and check the documentation (me too, of course).

If not, should we at least add the following example to the "Quick start" section in README.md?

  ;(setq howm-list-prefer-word t) ;; Prioritize word matches in the search results.

kaorahi avatar Sep 22 '25 10:09 kaorahi

Even after a week, I am still unsure which is better. Another thought: since it only changes the order and nothing would be lost, it might still be acceptable?

kaorahi avatar Sep 29 '25 11:09 kaorahi

added a link under "More Tips" on the Emacs Wiki page.

kaorahi avatar Oct 05 '25 11:10 kaorahi