From 8c420239c924dc48a6c38145a2dad4fc18477e9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Jamison <jackqjamison@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:17:22 -0400
Subject: better completion sorting and fixes

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 .config/emacs/completion-sorting.el | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .config/emacs/completion-sorting.el

(limited to '.config/emacs/completion-sorting.el')

diff --git a/.config/emacs/completion-sorting.el b/.config/emacs/completion-sorting.el
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+
+;; https://kristofferbalintona.me/articles/complement-corfu-vertico-and-completion-preview-with-prescientel-sorting/
+
+(use-package prescient
+  :ensure t
+  :custom
+  (prescient-aggressive-file-save t)
+  (prescient-sort-length-enable t) ; testing this out
+  (prescient-sort-full-matches-first t)
+  (prescient-history-length 200)
+  (prescient-frequency-decay 0.997)
+  (prescient-frequency-threshold 0.05)
+  :config
+  (prescient-persist-mode 1))
+
+;; Integration with corfu
+(use-package corfu-prescient
+  :ensure t
+  :demand t
+  :after corfu prescient
+  :custom
+  (corfu-prescient-enable-sorting t)
+  (corfu-prescient-override-sorting nil) ; Don't override `display-sort-function'
+  (corfu-prescient-enable-filtering nil) ; We want orderless to do the filtering
+  :config
+  (corfu-prescient-mode 1))
+
+;; Integration with vertico
+(use-package vertico-prescient
+  :ensure t
+  :demand t
+  :after vertico prescient
+  :custom
+  (vertico-prescient-enable-sorting t)
+  (vertico-prescient-override-sorting nil)
+  (vertico-prescient-enable-filtering nil) ; We want orderless to do the filtering
+  :config
+  (vertico-prescient-mode 1))
+
+;; Have `completion-preview-mode' use prescient's sorting algorithm
+(with-eval-after-load 'prescient
+  (setopt completion-preview-sort-function #'prescient-completion-sort))
+
+(add-variable-watcher 'corfu-sort-function
+                      (lambda (_symbol newval operation where)
+                        "Match the value of `completion-preview-sort-function' to `corfu-sort-function'.
+If `corfu-sort-function' is set buffer-locally, also set
+`completion-preview-sort-function' buffer-locally.  Otherwise, change
+the default value of `completion-preview-sort-function' accordingly.
+
+This action only applies when the value of `corfu-sort-function' is
+set (i.e., OPERATION is \\='set).  This excludes, e.g., let bindings."
+                        (when (equal operation 'set)
+                          (if where
+                              (with-current-buffer where
+                                (setq-local completion-preview-sort-function newval))
+                            (setopt completion-preview-sort-function newval)))))
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