From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support "\n" in icomplete-separator Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:36:25 +0200 Message-ID: <83361ezix2.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20201105235735.oxouuek66ehu5o45@Ergus> <20201106151541.dpgep7borlja25su@Ergus> <837dqv5huk.fsf@gnu.org> <83mtzp2qj0.fsf@gnu.org> <83r1p11369.fsf@gnu.org> <837dqr27zs.fsf@gnu.org> <83361f22ah.fsf@gnu.org> <83sg9fzlto.fsf@gnu.org> <83r1ozz22j.fsf@gnu.org> <83d00izloj.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="838"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, spacibba@aol.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, andreyk.mad@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Gregory Heytings Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 12 16:37:47 2020 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 1kdEfT-00006I-DF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:37:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51216 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kdEfS-0002BT-DK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:37:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56198) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kdEdy-0001Mw-HM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:36:17 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:54292) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kdEdw-0007YR-4C; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:36:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3219 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kdEdv-0002fg-HI; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:36:11 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Gregory Heytings on Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:05:06 +0000) 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:259087 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:05:06 +0000 > From: Gregory Heytings > cc: rudalics@gmx.at, spacibba@aol.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, > andreyk.mad@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > When you do need to use the Web browsers that implement that UI, do you > > frequently regret they don't work like Ivy? > > > > I don't understand your question. Which of the two do you like better: the Emacs modes like icomplete-vertical or the drop-down list UI of the browsers? > > No, those browsers never drop a list which is as wide as the > > window/frame. So they waste much less screen space. > > I attach a screenshot of Chromium. The frame is 2880 pixels wide, the > "combo box" with completion candidates is 2472 pixels wide. That's 86% of > the frame width. Okay, 86% is not 100%, but 86% is not "much less" than > 100%. Sheer luck. Try typing something into the Firefox's address bar or the small Google Search window to the right of the address bar.