From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Improving browsing and discoverability in the Packages Menu Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 08:23:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3a76676e-dbab-44f3-aab7-27d0d5d7c314@default> References: <87r3rhoexe.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87twwdm40x.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87iocrmw56.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429543480 24119 80.91.229.3 (20 Apr 2015 15:24:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:24:40 +0000 (UTC) To: raman , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 20 17:24:27 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YkDYg-00029r-8g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:24:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54153 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YkDYf-0006YY-KZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:24:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49194) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YkDYL-0006QO-3a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:24:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YkDYH-0001eA-Lv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:24:05 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:23927) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YkDYH-0001dm-6M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:24:01 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t3KFNxnP031041 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:23:59 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t3KFNxTX028292 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:23:59 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0019.oracle.com (abhmp0019.oracle.com [141.146.116.25]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t3KFNxmB002062; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:23:59 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:185713 Archived-At: > Ability to handle trees within tabulated lists would be nice. An > intermediate solution that might be quicker to build would be dired- > like marking by regexp and hiding/exposing. Not just intermediate, but better, IMO. Markings can be used for lots of things, just as they are in Dired. Currently, IIUC, the `list-packages' UI provides only for markings that mean "install" and "delete". A more general marking facility, a la Dired, would be an improvement, and would invite future enhancements that use the same (and familiar) UI.