From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Feature branches review please (ivy hello) Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 22:23:41 +0300 Message-ID: References: <234bba7f-fd5c-ed39-8a5e-8a6ce3125bf1@inventati.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="35645"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/+ (1036f0e) (2020-10-18) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Gregory Heytings Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 06 21:47:22 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 1kb8dl-0009AV-VQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 21:47:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45938 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kb8dk-0003t0-TD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:47:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54266) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kb8dA-0003Qh-VI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:46:46 -0500 Original-Received: from static.rcdrun.com ([95.85.24.50]:59399) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kb8d8-0005Wy-QH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.0.43]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by static.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000002C0005.000000005FA5B62F.00003584; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 20:46:39 +0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.85.24.50; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=static.rcdrun.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/11/06 13:51:50 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -3 X-Spam_score: -0.4 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB=1.5, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no 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:258853 Archived-At: * Gregory Heytings [2020-11-06 15:08]: > > > > You may see how dmenu which is separate program works under X Window > > > system to launch files: > > > > > > 1.8M demo of dmenu program: > > > https://gnu.support/images/2020/11/2020-11-05/2020-11-06-01:38:29.ogv > > I looked at this, I honestly don't see how this is different from > icomplete/ido. AFAICS you select a program name by typing its name. > > > > > ;; 1. It should get selection by using words in reverse order, for > > ;; example to select "AMERICAN SAMOA" when one writes "SAMOA > > ;; AMERICAN" > > > > Again, please try (setq completion-styles (cons 'flex completion-styles)). > With this "foo bar" matches both "foo bar" and "bar foo" (and also "far > boo", "boo far", ...). I will test that tip, thank you. > > ;; 3. Capability to choose other actions, not only the default action, > > ;; like M-o in Ivy or TAB in Helm. > > ;; > > ;; 4. Capability to choose multiple items, like marking of the item > > ;; with C-c SPC in Helm and conducting actions on multiple items > > > > These two features are not part of icomplete/ido, indeed. If you need them, > use ivy or helm. Or wait until someone finds the time and energy to > implement them for icomplete/ido. Or find the time and energy to implement > them for icomplete/ido. I do use, though my priority is on reusing code which is inside of Emacs in first place, then GNU ELPA, then anything else outside.