Suggest matches from history first

[max-arnold]

I never called sql-mysql but it is shown on top for some reason. I'd like the recent my-text-scale-* commands to be amongst top matches:

My config:

(use-package vertico
  :init
  ;; (setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
  (setq vertico-preselect 'first)
  (setq completion-styles '(flex)
        completion-ignore-case t
        read-file-name-completion-ignore-case t
        read-buffer-completion-ignore-case t
        vertico-sort-function #'vertico-sort-history-alpha
        completion-category-defaults nil
        completion-category-overrides '((file (styles basic partial-completion))))
  (vertico-mode)
  (keymap-set vertico-map "RET" #'vertico-directory-enter)
  (keymap-set vertico-map "DEL" #'vertico-directory-delete-char)
  (keymap-set vertico-map "M-DEL" #'vertico-directory-delete-word)
  (add-hook 'rfn-eshadow-update-overlay-hook #'vertico-directory-tidy)
)

(use-package marginalia
  :init
  (marginalia-mode))

[minad]

The order is overridden by the flex completion style here. I suggest you try substring or orderless instead, which preserve the candidate order. If you want fuzzy matching (while preserving the order) you can configure the flex matching style in Orderless. Alternatively try out the Hotfuzz completion style, but be aware that Hotfuzz modifies the candidate order.

[max-arnold]

Thanks a lot, Daniel!

Orderless did the trick:

(setq completion-styles '(orderless)
        ...
        orderless-matching-styles '(orderless-flex))