I can't get the suggsted configuration for integration with Company to work.

[JonatanSahar]

I've tried to change the separator as shown in the example in the documentation, but hitting & is still being considered as part of the string to complete, and causes the popup to close (since there's obviously no completion available with & in the middle of the word..) Can you advise? Thanks!

[minad]

Orderless support in Company is highly dependent on the backend. It only works with company-capf, and also only with a subset of the available Capfs (completion-at-point-functions). Which backend do you use? It would be ideal if you paste a minimal configuration which demonstrates the issue.

(You could also give my Corfu package a try as an alternative to Company. It has been designed with better Orderless support in mind and has other advantages. However it may be a bit too much to ask to switch the UI if you are happy with your overall completion setup via Company.)

[JonatanSahar]

Hi, Thanks your response! I have the following value for company-backends: (company-capf (:separate company-dabbrev company-yasnippet company-ispell))

I'll try to work out a workable minimal config later today.

I did actually go through configuring corfu a little while ago but eventually gave up as I couldn't get the kinks out of the functionality as I was used to it in all major modes (automatical pop-up, hitting C-SPC for manually triggering + orderless using SPC or C-SPC as a separator)

Thanks again.

[minad]

A minimal config would be good to have. But to be clear - the only backend included should be company-capf since this is the only one which can use Orderless. Which capf do you use, lsp-mode, eglot, elisp, ...? The capf is the layer below company-capf, the actual backend.

In case you recall the specific issues you had with Corfu I would be interested in hearing them. The package changed quite a bit in recent months so it may be better now. On the other hand some backend issues may still not be fixed - this is not in my hands. Corfu grew out a bit out of my personal frustration with the complexity of Company (intermediate backends, configuration difficulties, company-capf and the lack of integration in Emacs). My personal Corfu configuration is quite simple (like the one from the README) and just works.

[minad]

I think this issue can be closed since it is quite old, with no further response. Company support for completion styles is limited (only company-capf and company-dabbrev) and Company isn't prepared to work with component-based Orderless completion. I suggest to ask Company-specific questions on the Company discussion forum.