Enhancement: Overlay tree on target

[vermiculus]

Instead of prefixing the tree to the target point, it would be nice if the tree could be overlaid on its target as to not disrupt positioning. Your eyes is looking in one spot for the target point; if there are multiple matches on the same (longer) line, the target point can visually move.

The only question to think about would be

What should happen if two overlays would intersect?

The thing that makes Avy great, in my opinion, is the ability to see the whole path of the tree from the get-go (so you can position your hands -- unconsciously, of course). If two overlays were to intersect with each other (think avy-goto-char with an input of SPC), then that advantage would be lost. A possible solution is to customize the value per function (as an alist).

[abo-abo]

I don't get it. The tree can be several chars wide, while the target can be only one char wide.

[vermiculus]

Yeah, I know. Example, searching for s:

blah blah blah this is a word that starts with s

Instead of this:

blah blah blah thia*s is*s a word that d*startf*s with g*s

the ability to do this

blah blah blah thia* is* a word that d*tartf* with g*

The *s aren't really there -- it's just a way for me to denote where the overlay is.

[abo-abo]

Just set avy-goto-char-style and avy-goto-word-style to 'at. Done.

[tsdh]

Duplicate of #5.

[vermiculus]

My apologies :) 👍