Re: [PATCH] Support "\n" in icomplete-separator

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 08:50:34 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <ghe@sdf.org>
> cc: rudalics@gmx.at, spacibba@aol.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
>         andreyk.mad@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> >>> If someone wants to claim that display of completion candidates by 
> >>> icomplete-vertical, ivy, etc. is anywhere near as pretty as what you 
> >>> get when you click on the address bar of a browser and get the 
> >>> drop-down list of candidates, then I can only say that I cannot 
> >>> disagree more.
> >>
> >> But why???  I just tried Ivy again, AFAICS it has everything you have 
> >> in the drop-down list of a browser: the matching substring is 
> >> colorized, you can use the mouse to click on a candidate to select it, 
> >> you can use the mouse to scroll the list up and down...  What am I 
> >> missing?
> >
> > The looks, the looks...
> >
> 
> This is very subjective.

Of course, it is!  Which is why I'm not going to argue, I'm just
surprised that this needs to be explained.

Do you also disagree that those Emacs packages strive to emulate the
drop-down combo UI?

> And, FWIW, I would very much dislike a "combo box like UI" to
> replace this.

When you do need to use the Web browsers that implement that UI, do
you frequently regret they don't work like Ivy?