README.org (58484B)
1 #+title: consult.el - Consulting completing-read 2 #+author: Daniel Mendler 3 #+language: en 4 #+export_file_name: consult.texi 5 #+texinfo_dir_category: Emacs misc features 6 #+texinfo_dir_title: Consult: (consult). 7 #+texinfo_dir_desc: Useful commands built on completing-read. 8 9 #+html: <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/"><img alt="GNU Emacs" src="https://github.com/minad/corfu/blob/screenshots/emacs.svg?raw=true"/></a> 10 #+html: <a href="https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/consult.html"><img alt="GNU ELPA" src="https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/consult.svg"/></a> 11 #+html: <a href="https://elpa.gnu.org/devel/consult.html"><img alt="GNU-devel ELPA" src="https://elpa.gnu.org/devel/consult.svg"/></a> 12 #+html: <a href="https://melpa.org/#/consult"><img alt="MELPA" src="https://melpa.org/packages/consult-badge.svg"/></a> 13 #+html: <a href="https://stable.melpa.org/#/consult"><img alt="MELPA Stable" src="https://stable.melpa.org/packages/consult-badge.svg"/></a> 14 15 Consult provides search and navigation commands based on the Emacs completion 16 function [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Minibuffer-Completion.html][completing-read]]. Completion allows you to quickly select an item from a 17 list of candidates. Consult offers asynchronous and interactive =consult-grep= and 18 =consult-ripgrep= commands, and the line-based search command =consult-line=. 19 Furthermore Consult provides an advanced buffer switching command =consult-buffer= 20 to switch between buffers, recently opened files, bookmarks and buffer-like 21 candidates from other sources. Some of the Consult commands are enhanced 22 versions of built-in Emacs commands. For example the command =consult-imenu= 23 presents a flat list of the Imenu with [[#live-previews][live preview]], [[#narrowing-and-grouping][grouping and narrowing]]. 24 Please take a look at the [[#available-commands][full list of commands]]. 25 26 Consult is fully compatible with completion systems centered around the standard 27 Emacs =completing-read= API, notably the default completion system, [[https://github.com/minad/vertico][Vertico]], [[https://github.com/protesilaos/mct][Mct]], 28 and [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Icomplete.html][Icomplete]]. 29 30 This package keeps the completion system specifics to a minimum. The ability of 31 the Consult commands to work well with arbitrary completion systems is one of 32 the main advantages of the package. Consult fits well into existing setups and 33 it helps you to create a full completion environment out of small and 34 independent components. 35 36 You can combine the complementary packages [[https://github.com/minad/marginalia/][Marginalia]], [[https://github.com/oantolin/embark/][Embark]] and [[https://github.com/oantolin/orderless][Orderless]] with 37 Consult. Marginalia enriches the completion display with annotations, e.g., 38 documentation strings or file information. The versatile Embark package provides 39 local actions, comparable to a context menu. These actions operate on the 40 selected candidate in the minibuffer or at point in normal buffers. For example, 41 when selecting from a list of files, Embark offers an action to delete the file. 42 Additionally Embark offers a facility to collect completion candidates in a 43 collect buffer. The section [[#embark-integration][Embark integration]] documents in detail how Consult 44 and Embark work together. 45 46 #+toc: headlines 8 47 48 * Screenshots :noexport: 49 50 #+caption: consult-grep 51 [[https://github.com/minad/consult/blob/screenshots/consult-grep.gif?raw=true]] 52 Fig. 1: Command =consult-git-grep= 53 54 #+caption: consult-imenu 55 [[https://github.com/minad/consult/blob/screenshots/consult-imenu.png?raw=true]] 56 Fig. 2: Command =consult-imenu= 57 58 #+caption: consult-line 59 [[https://github.com/minad/consult/blob/screenshots/consult-line.png?raw=true]] 60 Fig. 3: Command =consult-line= 61 62 * Available commands 63 :properties: 64 :custom_id: available-commands 65 :description: Navigation, search, editing commands and more 66 :end: 67 #+cindex: commands 68 69 Most Consult commands follow the meaningful naming scheme =consult-<thing>=. 70 Many commands implement a little known but convenient Emacs feature called 71 "future history", which guesses what input the user wants. At a command prompt 72 type =M-n= and typically Consult will insert the symbol or thing at point into 73 the input. 74 75 *TIP:* If you have [[https://github.com/minad/marginalia][Marginalia]] annotators activated, type =M-x ^consult= to see 76 all Consult commands with their abbreviated description. Alternatively, type 77 =C-h a ^consult= to get an overview of all Consult variables and functions with 78 their descriptions. 79 80 ** Virtual Buffers 81 :properties: 82 :description: Buffers, bookmarks and recent files 83 :end: 84 #+cindex: virtual buffers 85 86 #+findex: consult-buffer 87 #+findex: consult-buffer-other-window 88 #+findex: consult-buffer-other-frame 89 #+findex: consult-buffer-other-tab 90 #+findex: consult-project-buffer 91 #+findex: consult-recent-file 92 #+findex: consult-bookmark 93 - =consult-buffer=: Enhanced version of =switch-to-buffer= with support for virtual 94 buffers. Supports live preview of buffers and narrowing to the virtual buffer 95 types. You can type =f SPC= in order to narrow to recent files. Press =SPC= to 96 show ephemeral buffers. Supported narrowing keys: 97 - b Buffers 98 - SPC Hidden buffers 99 - * Modified buffers 100 - f Files (Requires =recentf-mode=) 101 - r File registers 102 - m Bookmarks 103 - p Project 104 - Custom [[#multiple-sources][other sources]] configured in =consult-buffer-sources=. 105 - =consult-buffer-other-window=, =consult-buffer-other-frame=, 106 =consult-buffer-other-tab=: Variants of =consult-buffer=. 107 - =consult-project-buffer=: Variant of =consult-buffer= restricted to buffers and 108 recent files of the current project. You can add custom sources to 109 =consult-project-buffer-sources=. The command may prompt you for a project if 110 you invoke it from outside a project. 111 - =consult-bookmark=: Select or create bookmark. To select bookmarks you might use the 112 =consult-buffer= as an alternative, which can include a bookmark virtual buffer 113 source. Note that =consult-bookmark= supports preview of bookmarks and 114 narrowing. 115 - =consult-recent-file=: Select from recent files with preview. 116 You might prefer the powerful =consult-buffer= instead, which can include 117 recent files as a virtual buffer source. The =recentf-mode= enables tracking of 118 recent files. 119 120 ** Editing 121 :properties: 122 :description: Commands useful for editing 123 :end: 124 #+cindex: editing 125 126 #+findex: consult-yank-pop 127 #+findex: consult-yank-from-kill-ring 128 #+findex: consult-yank-replace 129 #+findex: consult-kmacro 130 - =consult-yank-from-kill-ring=: Enhanced version of =yank= to select an item 131 from the =kill-ring=. The selected text previewed as overlay in the buffer. 132 - =consult-yank-pop=: Enhanced version of =yank-pop= with DWIM-behavior, which 133 either replaces the last =yank= by cycling through the =kill-ring=, or if there 134 has not been a last =yank= consults the =kill-ring=. The selected text previewed 135 as overlay in the buffer. 136 - =consult-yank-replace=: Like =consult-yank-pop=, but always replaces the last 137 =yank= with an item from the =kill-ring=. 138 - =consult-kmacro=: Select macro from the macro ring and execute it. 139 140 ** Register 141 :properties: 142 :description: Searching through registers and fast access 143 :end: 144 #+cindex: register 145 146 #+findex: consult-register 147 #+findex: consult-register-load 148 #+findex: consult-register-store 149 #+findex: consult-register-format 150 #+findex: consult-register-window 151 - =consult-register=: Select from list of registers. The command 152 supports narrowing to register types and preview of marker positions. This 153 command is useful to search the register contents. For quick access use the 154 commands =consult-register-load=, =consult-register-store= or the built-in Emacs 155 register commands. 156 - =consult-register-format=: Set =register-preview-function= to this function for 157 an enhanced register formatting. See the [[#use-package-example][example configuration]]. 158 - =consult-register-window=: Replace =register-preview= with this function for a 159 better register window. See the [[#use-package-example][example configuration]]. 160 - =consult-register-load=: Utility command to quickly load a register. 161 The command either jumps to the register value or inserts it. 162 - =consult-register-store=: Improved UI to store registers depending on the current 163 context with an action menu. With an active region, store/append/prepend the 164 contents, optionally deleting the region when a prefix argument is given. 165 With a numeric prefix argument, store/add the number. Otherwise store point, 166 frameset, window or kmacro. Usage examples: 167 * =M-' x=: If no region is active, store point in register =x=. 168 If a region is active, store the region in register =x=. 169 * =M-' M-w x=: Store window configuration in register =x=. 170 * =C-u 100 M-' x=: Store number in register =x=. 171 172 ** Navigation 173 :properties: 174 :description: Mark rings, outlines and imenu 175 :end: 176 #+cindex: navigation 177 178 #+findex: consult-goto-line 179 #+findex: consult-mark 180 #+findex: consult-global-mark 181 #+findex: consult-outline 182 #+findex: consult-imenu 183 #+findex: consult-imenu-multi 184 - =consult-goto-line=: Jump to line number enhanced with live preview. This is a 185 drop-in replacement for =goto-line=. Enter a line number to jump to the first 186 column of the given line. Alternatively enter =line:column= in order to jump to 187 a specific column. 188 - =consult-mark=: Jump to a marker in the =mark-ring=. Supports live 189 preview and recursive editing. 190 - =consult-global-mark=: Jump to a marker in the =global-mark-ring=. 191 Supports live preview and recursive editing. 192 - =consult-outline=: Jump to a heading of the outline. Supports narrowing 193 to a heading level, live preview and recursive editing. 194 - =consult-imenu=: Jump to imenu item in the current buffer. Supports 195 live preview, recursive editing and narrowing. 196 - =consult-imenu-multi=: Jump to imenu item in project buffers, with 197 the same major mode as the current buffer. Supports live preview, 198 recursive editing and narrowing. This feature has been inspired by 199 [[https://github.com/vspinu/imenu-anywhere][imenu-anywhere]]. 200 201 ** Search 202 :properties: 203 :description: Line search, grep and file search 204 :end: 205 #+cindex: search 206 207 #+findex: consult-line 208 #+findex: consult-line-multi 209 #+findex: consult-keep-lines 210 #+findex: consult-focus-lines 211 - =consult-line=: Enter search string and select from matching lines. 212 Supports live preview and recursive editing. The symbol at point and the 213 recent Isearch string are added to the "future history" and can be accessed 214 by pressing =M-n=. When =consult-line= is bound to the =isearch-mode-map= and 215 is invoked during a running Isearch, it will use the current Isearch string. 216 - =consult-line-multi=: Search dynamically across multiple buffers. By default 217 search across project buffers. If invoked with a prefix argument search across 218 all buffers. The candidates are computed on demand based on the input. The 219 command behaves like =consult-grep=, but operates on buffers instead of files. 220 - =consult-keep-lines=: Replacement for =keep/flush-lines= which uses the current 221 completion style for filtering the buffer. The function updates the buffer 222 while typing. In particular =consult-keep-lines= can narrow down an exported 223 Embark collect buffer further, relying on the same completion filtering as 224 ~completing-read~. If the input begins with the negation operator, i.e., ~! SPC~, 225 the filter matches the complement. If a region is active, the region restricts 226 the filtering. 227 - =consult-focus-lines=: Temporarily hide lines by filtering them using the 228 current completion style. Call with =C-u= prefix argument in order to show the 229 hidden lines again. If the input begins with the negation operator, i.e., ~! 230 SPC~, the filter matches the complement. In contrast to =consult-keep-lines= this 231 function does not edit the buffer. If a region is active, the region restricts 232 the filtering. 233 234 ** Grep and Find 235 :properties: 236 :description: Searching through the filesystem 237 :end: 238 #+cindex: grep 239 #+cindex: find 240 #+cindex: locate 241 242 #+findex: consult-grep 243 #+findex: consult-ripgrep 244 #+findex: consult-git-grep 245 #+findex: consult-find 246 #+findex: consult-fd 247 #+findex: consult-locate 248 - =consult-grep=, =consult-ripgrep=, =consult-git-grep=: Search for regular expression 249 in files. Consult invokes Grep asynchronously, while you enter the search 250 term. After at least =consult-async-min-input= characters, the search gets 251 started. Consult splits the input string into two parts, if the first 252 character is a punctuation character, like =#=. For example 253 =#regexps#filter-string=, is split at the second =#=. The string =regexps= is passed 254 to Grep. Note that Consult transforms Emacs regular expressions to expressions 255 understand by the search program. Always use Emacs regular expressions at the 256 prompt. If you enter multiple regular expressions separated by space only 257 lines matching all regular expressions are shown. In order to match space 258 literally, escape the space with a backslash. The =filter-string= is passed to 259 the /fast/ Emacs filtering to further narrow down the list of matches. This is 260 particularly useful if you are using an advanced completion style like 261 orderless. =consult-grep= supports preview. If the =consult-project-function= 262 returns non-nil, =consult-grep= searches the current project directory. 263 Otherwise the =default-directory= is searched. If =consult-grep= is invoked 264 with prefix argument =C-u M-s g=, you can specify one or more comma-separated files 265 and directories manually. 266 - =consult-find=, =consult-fd=, =consult-locate=: Find file by matching the path 267 against a regexp. Like for =consult-grep=, either the project root or the 268 current directory is the root directory for the search. The input string is 269 treated similarly to =consult-grep=, where the first part is passed to find, and 270 the second part is used for Emacs filtering. Prefix arguments to =consult-find= 271 work just like those for the consult grep commands. 272 273 ** Compilation 274 :properties: 275 :description: Jumping to references and compilation errors 276 :end: 277 #+cindex: compilation errors 278 279 #+findex: consult-compile-error 280 #+findex: consult-flymake 281 #+findex: consult-xref 282 - =consult-compile-error=: Jump to a compilation error. Supports live preview 283 narrowing and recursive editing. 284 - =consult-flymake=: Jump to Flymake diagnostic. Supports live preview and 285 recursive editing. The command supports narrowing. Press =e SPC=, =w SPC=, =n SPC= 286 to only show errors, warnings and notes respectively. 287 - =consult-xref=: Integration with xref. This function can be set as 288 =xref-show-xrefs-function= and =xref-show-definitions-function=. 289 290 ** Histories 291 :properties: 292 :description: Navigating histories 293 :end: 294 #+cindex: history 295 296 #+findex: consult-complex-command 297 #+findex: consult-history 298 #+findex: consult-isearch-history 299 - =consult-complex-command=: Select a command from the 300 =command-history=. This command is a =completing-read= version of 301 =repeat-complex-command= and is also a replacement for the =command-history= 302 command from chistory.el. 303 - =consult-history=: Insert a string from the current buffer history, for example 304 the Eshell or Comint history. You can also invoke this command from the 305 minibuffer. In that case =consult-history= uses the history stored in the 306 =minibuffer-history-variable=. If you prefer =completion-at-point=, take a look at 307 =cape-history= from the [[https://github.com/minad/cape][Cape]] package. 308 - =consult-isearch-history=: During an Isearch session, this command picks a 309 search string from history and continues the search with the newly selected 310 string. Outside of Isearch, the command allows you to pick a string from the 311 history and starts a new Isearch. =consult-isearch-history= acts as a drop-in 312 replacement for =isearch-edit-string=. 313 314 ** Modes 315 :properties: 316 :description: Toggling minor modes and executing commands 317 :end: 318 #+cindex: minor mode 319 #+cindex: major mode 320 321 #+findex: consult-minor-mode-menu 322 #+findex: consult-mode-command 323 - =consult-minor-mode-menu=: Enable/disable minor mode. Supports 324 narrowing to on/off/local/global modes by pressing =i/o/l/g SPC= 325 respectively. 326 - =consult-mode-command=: Run a command from the currently active minor or major 327 modes. Supports narrowing to local-minor/global-minor/major mode via the keys 328 =l/g/m=. 329 330 ** Org Mode 331 :properties: 332 :description: Org-specific commands 333 :end: 334 335 #+findex: consult-org-heading 336 #+findex: consult-org-agenda 337 - =consult-org-heading=: Variant of =consult-imenu= or =consult-outline= for Org 338 buffers. The headline and its ancestors headlines are separated by slashes. 339 Supports narrowing by heading level, priority and TODO keyword, as well as live 340 preview and recursive editing. 341 - =consult-org-agenda=: Jump to an Org agenda heading. Supports narrowing by 342 heading level, priority and TODO keyword, as well as live preview and 343 recursive editing. 344 ** Help 345 :properties: 346 :description: Searching through help 347 :end: 348 349 #+findex: consult-info 350 #+findex: consult-man 351 - =consult-man=: Find Unix man page, via Unix =apropos= or =man -k=. =consult-man= opens 352 the selected man page using the Emacs =man= command. 353 - =consult-info=: Full text search through info pages. If the command is invoked 354 from within an ~*info*~ buffer, it will search through the current manual. You 355 may want to create your own commands which search through a predefined set of 356 info pages, for example: 357 #+begin_src emacs-lisp 358 (defun consult-info-emacs () 359 "Search through Emacs info pages." 360 (interactive) 361 (consult-info "emacs" "efaq" "elisp" "cl" "compat")) 362 363 (defun consult-info-org () 364 "Search through the Org info page." 365 (interactive) 366 (consult-info "org")) 367 368 (defun consult-info-completion () 369 "Search through completion info pages." 370 (interactive) 371 (consult-info "vertico" "consult" "marginalia" "orderless" "embark" 372 "corfu" "cape" "tempel")) 373 #+end_src 374 375 ** Miscellaneous 376 :properties: 377 :description: Various other useful commands 378 :end: 379 380 #+findex: consult-completion-in-region 381 #+findex: consult-theme 382 #+findex: consult-preview-at-point 383 #+findex: consult-preview-at-point-mode 384 - =consult-theme=: Select a theme and disable all currently enabled themes. 385 Supports live preview of the theme while scrolling through the candidates. 386 - =consult-preview-at-point= and =consult-preview-at-point-mode=: Command and minor 387 mode which previews the candidate at point in the =*Completions*= buffer. This 388 mode is relevant if you use [[https://git.sr.ht/~protesilaos/mct][Mct]] or the default =*Completions*= UI. 389 - =consult-completion-in-region=: In case you don't use [[https://github.com/minad/corfu][Corfu]] as your in-buffer 390 completion UI, this function can be set as =completion-in-region-function=. Then 391 your minibuffer completion UI (e.g., Vertico or Icomplete) will be used for 392 =completion-at-point=. 393 #+begin_src emacs-lisp 394 ;; Use `consult-completion-in-region' if Vertico is enabled. 395 ;; Otherwise use the default `completion--in-region' function. 396 (setq completion-in-region-function 397 (lambda (&rest args) 398 (apply (if vertico-mode 399 #'consult-completion-in-region 400 #'completion--in-region) 401 args))) 402 #+end_src 403 Instead of =consult-completion-in-region=, you may prefer to see the completions 404 directly in the buffer as a small popup. In that case, I recommend the [[https://github.com/minad/corfu][Corfu]] 405 package. There is a technical limitation of =consult-completion-in-region= in 406 combination with the Lsp modes. The Lsp server relies on the input at point, 407 in order to generate refined candidate strings. Since the completion is 408 transferred from the original buffer to the minibuffer, the server does not 409 receive the updated input. In contrast, in-buffer Lsp completion for example 410 via Corfu works properly since the completion takes place directly in the 411 original buffer. 412 413 * Special features 414 :properties: 415 :description: Enhancements over built-in `completing-read' 416 :end: 417 418 Consult enhances =completing-read= with live previews of candidates, additional 419 narrowing capabilities to candidate groups and asynchronously generated 420 candidate lists. The internal =consult--read= function, which is used by most 421 Consult commands, is a thin wrapper around =completing-read= and provides the 422 special functionality. In order to support multiple candidate sources there 423 exists the high-level function =consult--multi=. The architecture of Consult 424 allows it to work with different completion systems in the backend, while still 425 offering advanced features. 426 427 ** Live previews 428 :properties: 429 :description: Preview the currently selected candidate 430 :custom_id: live-previews 431 :end: 432 #+cindex: preview 433 434 Some Consult commands support live previews. For example when you scroll through 435 the items of =consult-line=, the buffer will scroll to the corresponding position. 436 It is possible to jump back and forth between the minibuffer and the buffer to 437 perform recursive editing while the search is ongoing. 438 439 Consult enables previews by default. You can disable them by adjusting the 440 =consult-preview-key= variable. Furthermore it is possible to specify keybindings 441 which trigger the preview manually as shown in the [[#use-package-example][example configuration]]. The 442 default setting of =consult-preview-key= is =any= which means that Consult triggers 443 the preview /immediately/ on any key press when the selected candidate changes. 444 You can configure each command individually with its own =:preview-key=. The 445 following settings are possible: 446 447 - Automatic and immediate ='any= 448 - Automatic and delayed =(list :debounce 0.5 'any)= 449 - Manual and immediate ="M-."= 450 - Manual and delayed =(list :debounce 0.5 "M-.")= 451 - Disabled =nil= 452 453 A safe recommendation is to leave automatic immediate previews enabled in 454 general and disable the automatic preview only for commands where the preview 455 may be expensive due to file loading. Internally, Consult uses the 456 value of =this-command= to determine the =:preview-key= 457 customized. This means that if you wrap a =consult-*= command within 458 your own function or command, you will also need to add the name of 459 /your custom command/ to the =consult-customize= call in order for it 460 to be considered. 461 462 #+begin_src emacs-lisp 463 (consult-customize 464 consult-ripgrep consult-git-grep consult-grep 465 consult-bookmark consult-recent-file consult-xref 466 consult--source-bookmark consult--source-file-register 467 consult--source-recent-file consult--source-project-recent-file 468 ;; my/command-wrapping-consult ;; disable auto previews inside my command 469 :preview-key '(:debounce 0.4 any) ;; Option 1: Delay preview 470 ;; :preview-key "M-.") ;; Option 2: Manual preview 471 #+end_src 472 473 In this case one may wonder what the difference is between using an Embark 474 action on the current candidate in comparison to a manually triggered preview. 475 The main difference is that the files opened by manual preview are closed again 476 after the completion session. During preview some functionality is disabled to 477 improve the performance, see for example the customization variables 478 =consult-preview-variables= and =consult-preview-allowed-hooks=. Only the hooks 479 listed in =consult-preview-allowed-hooks= are executed when a file is opened 480 (=find-file-hook=). In order to enable additional font locking during preview, add 481 the corresponding hooks to the allow list. The following code demonstrates this 482 for [[https://github.com/minad/org-modern][org-modern]] and [[https://github.com/tarsius/hl-todo][hl-todo]]. 483 484 #+begin_src emacs-lisp 485 (add-to-list 'consult-preview-allowed-hooks 'global-org-modern-mode-check-buffers) 486 (add-to-list 'consult-preview-allowed-hooks 'global-hl-todo-mode-check-buffers) 487 #+end_src 488 489 Files larger than =consult-preview-partial-size= are previewed partially. Delaying 490 the preview is also useful for =consult-theme=, since the theme preview is slow. 491 The delay results in a smoother UI experience. 492 493 #+begin_src emacs-lisp 494 ;; Preview on any key press, but delay 0.5s 495 (consult-customize consult-theme :preview-key '(:debounce 0.5 any)) 496 ;; Preview immediately on M-., on up/down after 0.5s, on any other key after 1s 497 (consult-customize consult-theme 498 :preview-key 499 '("M-." 500 :debounce 0.5 "<up>" "<down>" 501 :debounce 1 any)) 502 #+end_src 503 504 ** Narrowing and grouping 505 :properties: 506 :description: Restricting the completion to a candidate group 507 :custom_id: narrowing-and-grouping 508 :end: 509 #+cindex: narrowing 510 511 Consult has special support for candidate groups. If the completion UI supports 512 the grouping functionality, the UI separates the groups with thin lines and 513 shows group titles. Grouping is useful if the list of candidates consists of 514 candidates of multiple types or candidates from [[#multiple-sources][multiple sources]], like the 515 =consult-buffer= command, which shows both buffers and recently opened files. Note 516 that you can disable the group titles by setting the =:group= property of the 517 corresponding command to nil using the =consult-customize= macro. 518 519 By entering a narrowing prefix or by pressing a narrowing key it is possible to 520 restrict the completion candidates to a certain candidate group. When you use 521 the =consult-buffer= command, you can enter the prefix =b SPC= to restrict list of 522 candidates to buffers only. If you press =DEL= afterwards, the full candidate list 523 will be shown again. Furthermore a narrowing prefix key and a widening key can 524 be configured which can be pressed to achieve the same effect, see the 525 configuration variables =consult-narrow-key= and =consult-widen-key=. 526 527 After pressing =consult-narrow-key=, the possible narrowing keys can be shown by 528 pressing =C-h=. When pressing =C-h= after some prefix key, the =prefix-help-command= 529 is invoked, which shows the keybinding help window by default. As a more compact 530 alternative, there is the =consult-narrow-help= command which can be bound to a 531 key, for example =?= or =C-h= in the =consult-narrow-map=, as shown in the [[#use-package-example][example 532 configuration]]. If [[https://github.com/justbur/emacs-which-key][which-key]] is installed, the narrowing keys are automatically 533 shown in the which-key window after pressing the =consult-narrow-key=. 534 535 ** Asynchronous search 536 :properties: 537 :description: Filtering asynchronously generated candidate lists 538 :end: 539 #+cindex: asynchronous search 540 541 Consult has support for asynchronous generation of candidate lists. This feature 542 is used for search commands like =consult-grep=, where the list of matches is 543 generated dynamically while the user is typing a regular expression. The grep 544 process is executed in the background. When modifying the regular expression, 545 the background process is terminated and a new process is started with the 546 modified regular expression. 547 548 The matches, which have been found, can then be narrowed using the installed 549 Emacs completion-style. This can be powerful if you are using for example the 550 =orderless= completion style. 551 552 This two-level filtering is possible by splitting the input string. Part of the 553 input string is treated as input to grep and part of the input is used for 554 filtering. There are multiple splitting styles available, configured in 555 ~consult-async-split-styles-alist~: =nil=, =comma=, =semicolon= and =perl=. The default 556 splitting style is configured with the variable ~consult-async-split-style~. 557 558 With the =comma= and =semicolon= splitting styles, the first word before the comma 559 or semicolon is passed to grep, the remaining string is used for filtering. The 560 =nil= splitting style does not perform any splitting, the whole input is passed to 561 grep. 562 563 The =perl= splitting style splits the input string at a punctuation character, 564 using a similar syntax as Perl regular expressions. 565 566 Examples: 567 568 - =#defun=: Search for "defun" using grep. 569 - =#consult embark=: Search for both "consult" and "embark" using grep in any order. 570 - =#first.*second=: Search for "first" followed by "second" using grep. 571 - =#\(consult\|embark\)=: Search for "consult" or "embark" using grep. Note the 572 usage of Emacs-style regular expressions. 573 - =#defun#consult=: Search for "defun" using grep, filter with the word 574 "consult". 575 - =/defun/consult=: It is also possible to use other punctuation 576 characters. 577 - =#to#=: Force searching for "to" using grep, since the grep pattern 578 must be longer than =consult-async-min-input= characters by default. 579 - =#defun -- --invert-match#=: Pass argument =--invert-match= to grep. 580 581 Asynchronous processes like =find= and =grep= create an error log buffer 582 =_*consult-async*= (note the leading space), which is useful for 583 troubleshooting. The prompt has a small indicator showing the process status: 584 585 - =:= the usual prompt colon, before input is provided. 586 - =*= with warning face, the process is running. 587 - =:= with success face, success, process exited with an error code of zero. 588 - =!= with error face, failure, process exited with a nonzero error code. 589 - =;= with error face, interrupted, for example if more input is provided. 590 591 ** Multiple sources 592 :properties: 593 :description: Combining candidates from different sources 594 :custom_id: multiple-sources 595 :end: 596 #+cindex: multiple sources 597 598 Multiple synchronous candidate sources can be combined. This feature is used by 599 the =consult-buffer= command to present buffer-like candidates in a single menu 600 for quick access. By default =consult-buffer= includes buffers, bookmarks, recent 601 files and project-specific buffers and files. It is possible to configure the 602 list of sources via the =consult-buffer-sources= variable. Arbitrary custom 603 sources can be defined. 604 605 As an example, the bookmark source is defined as follows: 606 607 #+begin_src emacs-lisp 608 (defvar consult--source-bookmark 609 `(:name "Bookmark" 610 :narrow ?m 611 :category bookmark 612 :face consult-bookmark 613 :history bookmark-history 614 :items ,#'bookmark-all-names 615 :action ,#'consult--bookmark-action)) 616 #+end_src 617 618 Required source fields: 619 - =:category= Completion category. 620 - =:items= List of strings to select from or function returning list of strings. 621 A list of cons cells is not supported. 622 623 Optional source fields: 624 - =:name= Name of the source, used for narrowing, group titles and annotations. 625 - =:narrow= Narrowing character or =(character . string)= pair. 626 - =:preview-key= Preview key or keys which trigger preview. 627 - =:enabled= Function which must return t if the source is enabled. 628 - =:hidden= When t candidates of this source are hidden by default. 629 - =:face= Face used for highlighting the candidates. 630 - =:annotate= Annotation function called for each candidate, returns string. 631 - =:history= Name of history variable to add selected candidate. 632 - =:default= Must be t if the first item of the source is the default value. 633 - =:action= Function called with the selected candidate. 634 - =:new= Function called with new candidate name, only if =:require-match= is nil. 635 - =:state= State constructor for the source, must return the state function. 636 - Other source fields can be added specifically to the use case. 637 638 The =:state= and =:action= fields of the sources deserve a longer explanation. The 639 =:action= function takes a single argument and is only called after selection with 640 the selected candidate, if the selection has not been aborted. This 641 functionality is provided for convenience and easy definition of sources. The 642 =:state= field is more general. The =:state= function is a constructor function 643 without arguments, which can perform some setup necessary for the preview. It 644 must return a closure which takes an ACTION and a CANDIDATE argument. See the 645 docstring of =consult--with-preview= for more details about the ACTION argument. 646 647 By default, =consult-buffer= previews buffers, bookmarks and files. Loading recent 648 files or bookmarks can result in expensive operations. However it is possible to 649 configure a manual preview as follows. 650 651 #+begin_src emacs-lisp 652 (consult-customize 653 consult--source-bookmark consult--source-file-register 654 consult--source-recent-file consult--source-project-recent-file 655 :preview-key "M-.") 656 #+end_src 657 658 Sources can be added directly to the =consult-buffer-source= list for convenience. 659 For example, the following source lists all Org buffers and lets you create new 660 ones. 661 662 #+begin_src emacs-lisp 663 (defvar org-source 664 (list :name "Org Buffer" 665 :category 'buffer 666 :narrow ?o 667 :face 'consult-buffer 668 :history 'buffer-name-history 669 :state #'consult--buffer-state 670 :new 671 (lambda (name) 672 (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create name) 673 (insert "#+title: " name "\n\n") 674 (org-mode) 675 (consult--buffer-action (current-buffer)))) 676 :items 677 (lambda () 678 (consult--buffer-query :mode 'org-mode :as #'buffer-name)))) 679 680 (add-to-list 'consult-buffer-sources 'org-source 'append) 681 #+end_src 682 683 One can create similar sources for other major modes. See the [[https://github.com/minad/consult/wiki][Consult wiki]] for 684 many additional source examples. See also the documentation of =consult-buffer= 685 and of the internal =consult--multi= API. The function =consult--multi= can be used 686 to create new multi-source commands. 687 688 ** Embark integration 689 :properties: 690 :description: Actions, Grep/Occur-buffer export 691 :custom_id: embark-integration 692 :end: 693 #+cindex: embark 694 695 *NOTE*: Install the =embark-consult= package from MELPA, which provides 696 Consult-specific Embark actions and the Occur buffer export. 697 698 Embark is a versatile package which offers context dependent actions, comparable 699 to a context menu. See the [[https://github.com/oantolin/embark][Embark manual]] for an extensive description of its 700 capabilities. 701 702 Actions are commands which can operate on the currently selected candidate (or 703 target in Embark terminology). When completing files, for example the 704 =delete-file= command is offered. With Embark you can execute arbitrary commands 705 on the currently selected candidate via =M-x=. 706 707 Furthermore Embark provides the =embark-collect= command, which collects 708 candidates and presents them in an Embark collect buffer, where further actions 709 can be applied to them. A related feature is the =embark-export= command, which 710 exports candidate lists to a buffer of a special type. For example in the case 711 of file completion, a Dired buffer is opened. 712 713 In the context of Consult, particularly exciting is the possibility to export 714 the matching lines from =consult-line=, =consult-outline=, =consult-mark= and 715 =consult-global-mark=. The matching lines are exported to an Occur buffer where 716 they can be edited via the =occur-edit-mode= (press key =e=). Similarly, Embark 717 supports exporting the matches found by =consult-grep=, =consult-ripgrep= and 718 =consult-git-grep= to a Grep buffer, where the matches across files can be edited, 719 if the [[https://github.com/mhayashi1120/Emacs-wgrep][wgrep]] package is installed. These three workflows are symmetric. 720 721 + =consult-line= -> =embark-export= to =occur-mode= buffer -> =occur-edit-mode= for editing of matches in buffer. 722 + =consult-grep= -> =embark-export= to =grep-mode= buffer -> =wgrep= for editing of all matches. 723 + =consult-find= -> =embark-export= to =dired-mode= buffer -> =wdired-change-to-wdired-mode= for editing. 724 725 * Configuration 726 :properties: 727 :description: Example configuration and customization variables 728 :end: 729 730 Consult can be installed from [[https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/consult.html][ELPA]] or [[https://melpa.org/#/consult][MELPA]] via the Emacs built-in package 731 manager. Alternatively it can be directly installed from the development 732 repository via other non-standard package managers. 733 734 There is the [[https://github.com/minad/consult/wiki][Consult wiki]], where additional configuration examples can be 735 contributed. 736 737 *IMPORTANT:* It is recommended that you enable [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Lexical-Binding.html][lexical binding]] in your 738 configuration. Many Consult-related code snippets require lexical binding, since 739 they use lambdas and closures. 740 741 ** Use-package example 742 :properties: 743 :description: Configuration example based on use-package 744 :custom_id: use-package-example 745 :end: 746 #+cindex: use-package 747 748 The Consult package only provides commands and does not add any keybindings or 749 modes. Therefore the package is non-intrusive but requires a little setup 750 effort. In order to use the Consult commands, it is advised to add keybindings 751 for commands which are accessed often. Rarely used commands can be invoked via 752 =M-x=. Feel free to only bind the commands you consider useful to your workflow. 753 The configuration shown here relies on the =use-package= macro, which is a 754 convenient tool to manage package configurations. 755 756 *NOTE:* There is the [[https://github.com/minad/consult/wiki][Consult wiki]], where you can contribute additional 757 configuration examples. 758 759 #+begin_src emacs-lisp 760 ;; Example configuration for Consult 761 (use-package consult 762 ;; Replace bindings. Lazily loaded due by `use-package'. 763 :bind (;; C-c bindings in `mode-specific-map' 764 ("C-c M-x" . consult-mode-command) 765 ("C-c h" . consult-history) 766 ("C-c k" . consult-kmacro) 767 ("C-c m" . consult-man) 768 ("C-c i" . consult-info) 769 ([remap Info-search] . consult-info) 770 ;; C-x bindings in `ctl-x-map' 771 ("C-x M-:" . consult-complex-command) ;; orig. repeat-complex-command 772 ("C-x b" . consult-buffer) ;; orig. switch-to-buffer 773 ("C-x 4 b" . consult-buffer-other-window) ;; orig. switch-to-buffer-other-window 774 ("C-x 5 b" . consult-buffer-other-frame) ;; orig. switch-to-buffer-other-frame 775 ("C-x t b" . consult-buffer-other-tab) ;; orig. switch-to-buffer-other-tab 776 ("C-x r b" . consult-bookmark) ;; orig. bookmark-jump 777 ("C-x p b" . consult-project-buffer) ;; orig. project-switch-to-buffer 778 ;; Custom M-# bindings for fast register access 779 ("M-#" . consult-register-load) 780 ("M-'" . consult-register-store) ;; orig. abbrev-prefix-mark (unrelated) 781 ("C-M-#" . consult-register) 782 ;; Other custom bindings 783 ("M-y" . consult-yank-pop) ;; orig. yank-pop 784 ;; M-g bindings in `goto-map' 785 ("M-g e" . consult-compile-error) 786 ("M-g f" . consult-flymake) ;; Alternative: consult-flycheck 787 ("M-g g" . consult-goto-line) ;; orig. goto-line 788 ("M-g M-g" . consult-goto-line) ;; orig. goto-line 789 ("M-g o" . consult-outline) ;; Alternative: consult-org-heading 790 ("M-g m" . consult-mark) 791 ("M-g k" . consult-global-mark) 792 ("M-g i" . consult-imenu) 793 ("M-g I" . consult-imenu-multi) 794 ;; M-s bindings in `search-map' 795 ("M-s d" . consult-find) ;; Alternative: consult-fd 796 ("M-s c" . consult-locate) 797 ("M-s g" . consult-grep) 798 ("M-s G" . consult-git-grep) 799 ("M-s r" . consult-ripgrep) 800 ("M-s l" . consult-line) 801 ("M-s L" . consult-line-multi) 802 ("M-s k" . consult-keep-lines) 803 ("M-s u" . consult-focus-lines) 804 ;; Isearch integration 805 ("M-s e" . consult-isearch-history) 806 :map isearch-mode-map 807 ("M-e" . consult-isearch-history) ;; orig. isearch-edit-string 808 ("M-s e" . consult-isearch-history) ;; orig. isearch-edit-string 809 ("M-s l" . consult-line) ;; needed by consult-line to detect isearch 810 ("M-s L" . consult-line-multi) ;; needed by consult-line to detect isearch 811 ;; Minibuffer history 812 :map minibuffer-local-map 813 ("M-s" . consult-history) ;; orig. next-matching-history-element 814 ("M-r" . consult-history)) ;; orig. previous-matching-history-element 815 816 ;; Enable automatic preview at point in the *Completions* buffer. This is 817 ;; relevant when you use the default completion UI. 818 :hook (completion-list-mode . consult-preview-at-point-mode) 819 820 ;; The :init configuration is always executed (Not lazy) 821 :init 822 823 ;; Optionally configure the register formatting. This improves the register 824 ;; preview for `consult-register', `consult-register-load', 825 ;; `consult-register-store' and the Emacs built-ins. 826 (setq register-preview-delay 0.5 827 register-preview-function #'consult-register-format) 828 829 ;; Optionally tweak the register preview window. 830 ;; This adds thin lines, sorting and hides the mode line of the window. 831 (advice-add #'register-preview :override #'consult-register-window) 832 833 ;; Use Consult to select xref locations with preview 834 (setq xref-show-xrefs-function #'consult-xref 835 xref-show-definitions-function #'consult-xref) 836 837 ;; Configure other variables and modes in the :config section, 838 ;; after lazily loading the package. 839 :config 840 841 ;; Optionally configure preview. The default value 842 ;; is 'any, such that any key triggers the preview. 843 ;; (setq consult-preview-key 'any) 844 ;; (setq consult-preview-key "M-.") 845 ;; (setq consult-preview-key '("S-<down>" "S-<up>")) 846 ;; For some commands and buffer sources it is useful to configure the 847 ;; :preview-key on a per-command basis using the `consult-customize' macro. 848 (consult-customize 849 consult-theme :preview-key '(:debounce 0.2 any) 850 consult-ripgrep consult-git-grep consult-grep 851 consult-bookmark consult-recent-file consult-xref 852 consult--source-bookmark consult--source-file-register 853 consult--source-recent-file consult--source-project-recent-file 854 ;; :preview-key "M-." 855 :preview-key '(:debounce 0.4 any)) 856 857 ;; Optionally configure the narrowing key. 858 ;; Both < and C-+ work reasonably well. 859 (setq consult-narrow-key "<") ;; "C-+" 860 861 ;; Optionally make narrowing help available in the minibuffer. 862 ;; You may want to use `embark-prefix-help-command' or which-key instead. 863 ;; (define-key consult-narrow-map (vconcat consult-narrow-key "?") #'consult-narrow-help) 864 865 ;; By default `consult-project-function' uses `project-root' from project.el. 866 ;; Optionally configure a different project root function. 867 ;;;; 1. project.el (the default) 868 ;; (setq consult-project-function #'consult--default-project--function) 869 ;;;; 2. vc.el (vc-root-dir) 870 ;; (setq consult-project-function (lambda (_) (vc-root-dir))) 871 ;;;; 3. locate-dominating-file 872 ;; (setq consult-project-function (lambda (_) (locate-dominating-file "." ".git"))) 873 ;;;; 4. projectile.el (projectile-project-root) 874 ;; (autoload 'projectile-project-root "projectile") 875 ;; (setq consult-project-function (lambda (_) (projectile-project-root))) 876 ;;;; 5. No project support 877 ;; (setq consult-project-function nil) 878 ) 879 #+end_src 880 881 ** Custom variables 882 :properties: 883 :description: Short description of all customization settings 884 :end: 885 #+cindex: customization 886 887 *TIP:* If you have [[https://github.com/minad/marginalia][Marginalia]] installed, type =M-x customize-variable RET 888 ^consult= to see all Consult-specific customizable variables with their current 889 values and abbreviated description. Alternatively, type =C-h a ^consult= to get 890 an overview of all Consult variables and functions with their descriptions. 891 892 | Variable | Description | 893 |----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------| 894 | consult-after-jump-hook | Functions to call after jumping to a location | 895 | consult-async-input-debounce | Input debounce for asynchronous commands | 896 | consult-async-input-throttle | Input throttle for asynchronous commands | 897 | consult-async-min-input | Minimum numbers of input characters | 898 | consult-async-refresh-delay | Refresh delay for asynchronous commands | 899 | consult-async-split-style | Splitting style used for async commands | 900 | consult-async-split-styles-alist | Available splitting styles used for async commands | 901 | consult-bookmark-narrow | Narrowing configuration for =consult-bookmark= | 902 | consult-buffer-filter | Filter for =consult-buffer= | 903 | consult-buffer-sources | List of virtual buffer sources | 904 | consult-fd-args | Command line arguments for fd | 905 | consult-find-args | Command line arguments for find | 906 | consult-fontify-max-size | Buffers larger than this limit are not fontified | 907 | consult-fontify-preserve | Preserve fontification for line-based commands. | 908 | consult-git-grep-args | Command line arguments for git-grep | 909 | consult-goto-line-numbers | Show line numbers for =consult-goto-line= | 910 | consult-grep-max-columns | Maximal number of columns of the matching lines | 911 | consult-grep-args | Command line arguments for grep | 912 | consult-imenu-config | Mode-specific configuration for =consult-imenu= | 913 | consult-line-numbers-widen | Show absolute line numbers when narrowing is active | 914 | consult-line-start-from-top | Start the =consult-line= search from the top | 915 | consult-locate-args | Command line arguments for locate | 916 | consult-man-args | Command line arguments for man | 917 | consult-mode-command-filter | Filter for =consult-mode-command= | 918 | consult-mode-histories | Mode-specific history variables | 919 | consult-narrow-key | Narrowing prefix key during completion | 920 | consult-point-placement | Placement of the point when jumping to matches | 921 | consult-preview-key | Keys which triggers preview | 922 | consult-preview-allowed-hooks | List of =find-file= hooks to enable during preview | 923 | consult-preview-excluded-files | Regexps matched against file names during preview | 924 | consult-preview-max-count | Maximum number of files to keep open during preview | 925 | consult-preview-partial-size | Files larger than this size are previewed partially | 926 | consult-preview-partial-chunk | Size of the file chunk which is previewed partially | 927 | consult-preview-variables | Alist of variables to bind during preview | 928 | consult-project-buffer-sources | List of virtual project buffer sources | 929 | consult-project-function | Function which returns current project root | 930 | consult-register-prefix | Prefix string for register keys during completion | 931 | consult-ripgrep-args | Command line arguments for ripgrep | 932 | consult-themes | List of themes to be presented for selection | 933 | consult-widen-key | Widening key during completion | 934 | consult-yank-rotate | Rotate kill ring | 935 936 ** Fine-tuning of individual commands 937 :properties: 938 :alt_title: Fine-tuning 939 :description: Fine-grained configuration for special requirements 940 :end: 941 942 *NOTE:* Consult supports fine-grained customization of individual commands. This 943 configuration feature exists for experienced users with special requirements. 944 There is the [[https://github.com/minad/consult/wiki][Consult wiki]], where we collect further configuration examples. 945 946 Commands and buffer sources allow flexible, individual customization by using 947 the =consult-customize= macro. You can override any option passed to the internal 948 =consult--read= API. Note that since =consult--read= is part of the internal API, 949 options could be removed, replaced or renamed in future versions of the package. 950 951 Useful options are: 952 - =:prompt= set the prompt string 953 - =:preview-key= set the preview key, default is =consult-preview-key= 954 - =:initial= set the initial input 955 - =:default= set the default value 956 - =:history= set the history variable symbol 957 - =:add-history= add items to the future history, for example symbol at point 958 - =:sort= enable or disable sorting 959 - =:group= set to nil to disable candidate grouping and titles. 960 - =:inherit-input-method= set to non-nil to inherit the input method. 961 962 #+begin_src emacs-lisp 963 (consult-customize 964 ;; Disable preview for `consult-theme' completely. 965 consult-theme :preview-key nil 966 ;; Set preview for `consult-buffer' to key `M-.' 967 consult-buffer :preview-key "M-." 968 ;; For `consult-line' change the prompt and specify multiple preview 969 ;; keybindings. Note that you should bind <S-up> and <S-down> in the 970 ;; `minibuffer-local-completion-map' or `vertico-map' to the commands which 971 ;; select the previous or next candidate. 972 consult-line :prompt "Search: " 973 :preview-key '("S-<down>" "S-<up>")) 974 #+end_src 975 976 The configuration values are evaluated at runtime, just before the completion 977 session is started. Therefore you can use for example =thing-at-point= to adjust 978 the initial input or the future history. 979 980 #+begin_src emacs-lisp 981 (consult-customize 982 consult-line 983 :add-history (seq-some #'thing-at-point '(region symbol))) 984 985 (defalias 'consult-line-thing-at-point 'consult-line) 986 987 (consult-customize 988 consult-line-thing-at-point 989 :initial (thing-at-point 'symbol)) 990 #+end_src 991 992 Generally it is possible to modify commands for your individual needs by the 993 following techniques: 994 995 1. Use =consult-customize= in order to change the command or source settings. 996 2. Create your own wrapper function which passes modified arguments to the Consult functions. 997 3. Create your own buffer [[#multiple-sources][multi sources]] for =consult-buffer=. 998 4. Create advices to modify some internal behavior. 999 5. Write or propose a patch. 1000 1001 * Recommended packages 1002 :properties: 1003 :description: Related packages recommended for installation 1004 :end: 1005 1006 I use and recommend this combination of packages: 1007 1008 - consult: This package 1009 - [[https://github.com/minad/vertico][vertico]]: Fast and minimal vertical completion system 1010 - [[https://github.com/minad/marginalia][marginalia]]: Annotations for the completion candidates 1011 - [[https://github.com/oantolin/embark][embark and embark-consult]]: Action commands, which can act on the completion candidates 1012 - [[https://github.com/oantolin/orderless][orderless]]: Completion style which offers flexible candidate filtering 1013 - [[https://github.com/mhayashi1120/Emacs-wgrep][wgrep]]: Editing of grep buffers. Use with =consult-grep= via =embark-export=. 1014 1015 There exist multiple fine completion UIs beside Vertico, which are supported by 1016 Consult. Give them a try and find out which interaction model fits best for you. 1017 1018 - The builtin completion UI, which pops up the =*Completions*= buffer. 1019 - The builtin =icomplete-vertical-mode= in Emacs 28 or newer. 1020 - [[https://git.sr.ht/~protesilaos/mct][mct by Protesilaos Stavrou]]: Minibuffer and Completions in Tandem, which builds 1021 on the default completion UI. 1022 1023 Note that all packages are independent and can be exchanged with alternative 1024 components, since there exist no hard dependencies. Furthermore it is possible 1025 to get started with only default completion and Consult and add more components 1026 later to the mix. For example you can omit Marginalia if you don't need 1027 annotations. I highly recommend the Embark package, but in order to familiarize 1028 yourself with the other components, you can first start without it - or you could 1029 use with Embark right away and add the other components later on. 1030 1031 We document a [[https://github.com/minad/consult/wiki/Auxiliary-packages][list of auxiliary packages]] in the Consult wiki. These packages 1032 integrate Consult with special programs or with other packages in the wider 1033 Emacs ecosystem. 1034 1035 * Bug reports 1036 :properties: 1037 :description: How to create reproducible bug reports 1038 :end: 1039 1040 If you find a bug or suspect that there is a problem with Consult, please carry 1041 out the following steps: 1042 1043 1. *Search through the issue tracker* if your issue has been reported before (and 1044 has been resolved eventually) in the meantime. 1045 2. *Remove all packages involved in the suspected bug from your installation.* 1046 3. *Reinstall the newest version of all relevant packages*. Updating alone is not 1047 sufficient, since package.el sometimes causes miscompilation. The list of 1048 packages includes Consult, Compat, Vertico or other completion UIs, 1049 Marginalia, Embark and Orderless. 1050 4. Either use the default completion UI or ensure that exactly one of 1051 =vertico-mode=, =mct-mode=, or =icomplete-mode= is enabled. The unsupported modes 1052 =selectrum-mode=, =ivy-mode=, =helm-mode=, =ido-mode= and =ido-ubiquitous-mode= must be 1053 disabled. 1054 5. Ensure that the =completion-styles= variable is properly configured. Try to set 1055 =completion-styles= to a list including =substring= or =orderless=. 1056 6. Try to reproduce the issue by starting a bare bone Emacs instance with =emacs -Q= 1057 on the command line. Execute the following minimal code snippets in the 1058 scratch buffer. This way we can exclude side effects due to configuration 1059 settings. If other packages are relevant to reproduce the issue, include them 1060 in the minimal configuration snippet. 1061 1062 Minimal setup with Vertico for =emacs -Q=: 1063 #+begin_src emacs-lisp 1064 (package-initialize) 1065 (require 'consult) 1066 (require 'vertico) 1067 (vertico-mode) 1068 (setq completion-styles '(substring basic)) 1069 #+end_src 1070 1071 Minimal setup with the default completion system for =emacs -Q=: 1072 #+begin_src emacs-lisp 1073 (package-initialize) 1074 (require 'consult) 1075 (setq completion-styles '(substring basic)) 1076 #+end_src 1077 1078 Please provide the necessary important information with your bug report: 1079 1080 - The minimal configuration snippet used to reproduce the issue. 1081 - Your completion UI (Default completion, Vertico, Mct or Icomplete). 1082 - A stack trace in case the bug triggers an exception. 1083 - Your Emacs version, since bugs may be fixed or introduced in newer versions. 1084 - Your operating system, since Emacs behavior varies subtly between Linux, Mac 1085 and Windows. 1086 - The package manager, e.g., straight.el or package.el, used to install the 1087 Emacs packages, in order to exclude update issues. Did you install Consult as 1088 part of the Doom Emacs distribution? 1089 - Do you use Evil? Consult does not provide Evil integration out of the box, but 1090 there is some support in [[https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-collection][evil-collection]]. 1091 1092 When evaluating Consult-related code snippets you should enable [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Lexical-Binding.html][lexical binding]]. 1093 Consult often relies on lambdas and lexical closures. 1094 1095 * Contributions 1096 :properties: 1097 :description: Feature requests and pull requests 1098 :end: 1099 1100 Consult is a community effort, please participate in the discussions. 1101 Contributions are welcome, but you may want to discuss potential contributions 1102 first. Since this package is part of [[https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/consult.html][GNU ELPA]] contributions require a copyright 1103 assignment to the FSF. 1104 1105 If you have a proposal, take a look at the [[https://github.com/consult/issues][Consult issue tracker]] and the [[https://github.com/minad/consult/issues/6][Consult 1106 wishlist]]. There have been many prior feature discussions. Please search through 1107 the issue tracker, maybe your issue or feature request has already been 1108 discussed. You can contribute to the [[https://github.com/minad/consult/wiki][Consult wiki]], in case you want to share 1109 small configuration or command snippets. 1110 1111 * Acknowledgments 1112 :properties: 1113 :description: Contributors and Sources of Inspiration 1114 :end: 1115 1116 This package took inspiration from [[https://github.com/abo-abo/swiper#counsel][Counsel]] by Oleh Krehel. Some of the Consult 1117 commands originated in the Counsel package or the wiki of the Selectrum package. 1118 This package exists only thanks to the help of these great contributors and 1119 thanks to the feedback of many users. Thank you! 1120 1121 Code contributions: [[https://github.com/aagon][Aymeric Agon-Rambosson]], [[https://github.com/amosbird][Amos Bird]], [[https://github.com/ashton314][Ashton Wiersdorf]], [[https://github.com/aspiers/][Adam 1122 Spiers]], [[https://github.com/astoff][Augusto Stoffel]], [[https://github.com/clemera/][Clemens Radermacher]], [[https://github.com/fuzy112][Zhengyi]], [[https://github.com/geolessel][Geoffrey Lessel]], [[https://github.com/iostapyshyn][Illia 1123 Ostapyshyn]], [[https://github.com/jakanakaevangeli][jakanakaevangeli]], [[https://github.com/jdtsmith][JD Smith]], [[https://github.com/jyp][Jean-Philippe Bernardy]], [[https://github.com/mattiasdrp][mattiasdrp]], 1124 [[https://github.com/mohamed-abdelnour][Mohamed Abdelnour]], [[https://github.com/mohkale][Mohsin Kaleem]], [[https://github.com/noctuid][Fox Kiester]], [[https://github.com/oantolin/][Omar Antolín Camarena]], [[https://github.com/okamsn/][Earl 1125 Hyatt]], [[https://github.com/omar-polo][Omar Polo]], [[https://github.com/piotrkwiecinski][Piotr Kwiecinski]], [[https://github.com/rswgnu][Robert Weiner]], [[https://github.com/s-kostyaev/][Sergey Kostyaev]], [[https://github.com/scvalex][Alexandru 1126 Scvorțov]], [[https://github.com/tecosaur][Tecosaur]], [[https://github.com/thisirs][Sylvain Rousseau]], [[https://github.com/tomfitzhenry/][Tom Fitzhenry]], [[https://hg.serna.eu][Iñigo Serna]] and [[https://github.com/akreisher][Alex 1127 Kreisher]]. 1128 1129 Advice and useful discussions: [[https://github.com/Qkessler][Enrique Kessler Martínez]], [[https://github.com/alphapapa/][Adam Porter]], [[https://github.com/bdarcus][Bruce 1130 d'Arcus]], [[https://github.com/clemera/][Clemens Radermacher]], [[https://github.com/dgutov/][Dmitry Gutov]], [[https://github.com/hmelman/][Howard Melman]], [[https://github.com/iyefrat][Itai Y. Efrat]], [[https://github.com/jdtsmith][JD 1131 Smith]], [[https://github.com/manuel-uberti/][Manuel Uberti]], [[https://github.com/monnier/][Stefan Monnier]], [[https://github.com/oantolin/][Omar Antolín Camarena]], [[https://github.com/purcell/][Steve Purcell]], 1132 [[https://github.com/raxod502][Radon Rosborough]], [[https://github.com/tomfitzhenry/][Tom Fitzhenry]] and [[https://protesilaos.com][Protesilaos Stavrou]]. 1133 1134 #+html: <!-- 1135 1136 * Indices 1137 :properties: 1138 :description: Indices of concepts and functions 1139 :end: 1140 1141 ** Function index 1142 :properties: 1143 :description: List of all Consult commands 1144 :index: fn 1145 :end: 1146 1147 ** Concept index 1148 :properties: 1149 :description: List of all Consult-specific concepts 1150 :index: cp 1151 :end: 1152 1153 #+html: -->