From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Mendler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Improvement proposals for `completing-read' Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 21:49:59 +0200 Message-ID: <771877cd-b0b9-ec92-3a40-646283a6ec79@daniel-mendler.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29136"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 07 21:51:43 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lUEDG-0007Td-RI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2021 21:51:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55452 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lUEDF-0000ll-PM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:51:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49486) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lUEBh-0007qU-4m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:50:06 -0400 Original-Received: from server.qxqx.de ([2a01:4f8:121:346::180]:41609 helo=mail.qxqx.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lUEBe-0001qQ-DQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:50:04 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=qxqx.de; s=mail1392553390; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:In-Reply-To: MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:From:References:To:Subject:Sender:Reply-To:Cc: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=HvuwbS0i1gJs178Fwh60/BwXeuWStRrHHXn7N79fUqI=; b=I3bjPIA8zxsGyme61bBlEGWon4 5AtAlRV3hNv4VwC+9U4O+G9rGYsqILxmONZeDkPo5ufbmgRhcUqtIZiCHPrijwVGbb+HoS/Opk4RP AY9rNoYuR7wV61WkeqxZVu0e3xXYuAjCg37LgVxRpQGbf5TwWkj9dQlp+lMkuMkFQAww=; In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a01:4f8:121:346::180; envelope-from=mail@daniel-mendler.de; helo=mail.qxqx.de X-Spam_score_int: -41 X-Spam_score: -4.2 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:267566 Archived-At: On 4/7/21 8:39 PM, Jean Louis wrote: > Your analysis is appreciated. I have not found anything in the > description that would disturb my workflow with various completion > packages, an I found few new of them to try out. Thank you for reading through the proposals. > I hope that new patch to icomplete as vertical is soon adopted, as > best is when it is built-in into Emacs, though I don't like mode line > jumping up when completing, I like new split window opened. One could certainly add some display action which shows the results in a buffer instead. Selectrum supports this. But then I don't like that the mode line is below the buffer and my eyes have to focus on the mode line and the top of the buffer at the same time. Daniel Mendler