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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: spacibba@aol.com, bugs@gnu.support, andreyk.mad@gmail.com,
	emacs-devel@gnu.org, rudalics@gmx.at, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
	ghe@sdf.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: on helm substantial differences
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 16:04:30 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3c9e3ebc-1ff6-402e-8e87-cc9b5f19a1fc@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871rgtndph.fsf@mail.linkov.net>

> >> Like there are already possible choices 'horizontal' and 'vertical'
> >> in the user option 'completions-format', it could also support
> >> a new choice like 'rich'.
> >
> > `rich' is a poor choice, IMO - it doesn't mean much.
> 
> This is a reference to the package ivy-rich

Is it?  What says that?

The name itself doesn't say that.  If that's important
then call it `ivy-rich', not `rich'.  But that just
punts, no?  Then someone needs to find that package
and see what it says "rich" means here.

Just because some other package uses a vague name like
that, does that mean Emacs shouldn't do better?

Might as well call it `enhanced', `special', `super',
or `wonderful'.  Does "rich" have a meaning that
suggests something here other than "full" or "great"?

> Ivy supports a richer format of completions,

Which means what, exactly?  Doesn't mean anything to
me, except to suggest that it uses a different format
that's somehow better than the other formats (how so?).

> and there no reason not to do something similar
> in the default completion framework.

I'd suggest the opposite: there's no reason to be as
unclear in the default framework.

If you call it `ivy-rich' then OK.  Someone can
search for what that might really mean.

Just one opinion.  Doesn't really matter to me what
you call it.



  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-17  0:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-12 17:42 on helm substantial differences Drew Adams
2020-11-13 21:16 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-15 11:49 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-15 20:07 ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-15 22:01   ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-15 22:41     ` Drew Adams
2020-11-16  8:58     ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-16 16:03       ` Drew Adams
2020-11-16 17:36       ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-16 20:38         ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-16 21:54           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-17 19:18         ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-17 20:32           ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-18  9:10             ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-18 11:38               ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-11-18 19:13                 ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-18 20:33                   ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-20  9:24                     ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-20 11:57                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-20 12:15                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-20 14:39                           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-21 20:18                           ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-22  3:33                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-22  8:36                               ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-22 15:19                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-22 20:11                                   ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-23  3:24                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-25  9:10                                       ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-25 15:51                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-25 19:16                                           ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-25 19:59                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-25 20:35                                               ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-26 13:45                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-27  8:45                                                   ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-27  8:58                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-27  9:17                                                       ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-17 21:14           ` Jean Louis
2020-11-18  9:03             ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-18 19:21           ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-18 22:04             ` select yank via completion Stefan Monnier
2020-11-18 23:02               ` Drew Adams
2020-11-19  7:54               ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-19 17:00                 ` Drew Adams
2020-11-20  8:53                   ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-20 11:53                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-21 19:38                       ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-21 19:57                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-21 20:43                           ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-20 14:23                     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-21 19:42                       ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-21 21:08                         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-21 22:21                         ` Drew Adams
2020-11-21 22:48                           ` Jean Louis
2020-11-21 23:00                           ` Jean Louis
2020-11-25 19:25                           ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-25 19:40                             ` Drew Adams
2020-11-21 21:54                       ` Drew Adams
2020-11-21 21:46                     ` Drew Adams
2020-11-24 22:59                     ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-11-25  7:36                       ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-25  8:14                         ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-25 20:24                           ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-26  8:46                             ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-11-26  9:26                               ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-26  9:57                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-26 21:17                                   ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-11-27  7:13                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-27  9:01                                       ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-18 22:36             ` on helm substantial differences Drew Adams
2020-11-16 16:13   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-16 20:41     ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-16 21:18       ` Drew Adams
2020-11-16 22:13         ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-17  0:04           ` Drew Adams [this message]
2020-11-17  8:38             ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-17 16:56               ` Drew Adams
2020-11-17 12:06             ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2020-11-17 17:29               ` Drew Adams
2020-11-17 19:23               ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-17  3:24       ` Eli Zaretskii

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