From: Gregory Heytings via "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
rudalics@gmx.at, spacibba@aol.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
andreyk.mad@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: on helm substantial differences - Re: [PATCH] Support "\n" in icomplete-separator
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 14:40:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.22.394.2011121536170453.26685@sdf.lonestar.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <X60dkaBDiWMHp3Nu@protected.rcdrun.com>
>
> Compare that to following picture:
> 03-ivy-disturbes-all-screen-by-default.png when I use default ivy-mode:
>
> - minibuffer expands disturbing all the screen
>
> - bottom split window is shown but is useless. If it is to be disturbed
> then don't show it to me at all. I think but I may be wrong, that
> icomplete works this way last time I tested it.
>
> - minibuffer is not any more there! How should I teach my stuff that
> they have certain control with minibuffer which is normally at bottom. I
> teach my staff by sending them Tutorial to do and info files to read.
>
> - It did expand but it expands too much. It disturbs even the initial
> condition of how windows were split. So it is minimizing my top window
> for the sake of completion. Do I really want that? No. All these
> commentaries are not to make anybody bad, they are for thinking and
> observations when designing these completions.
>
These problems are orthogonal to the way completion candidates are
displayed. Given what you write, I'd suggest you to try to use
ivy-posframe or emacs-mini-frame or emacs-maple-minibuffer, with which the
existing windows are not "disturbed".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-12 14:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 123+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-05 23:10 [PATCH] Support "\n" in icomplete-separator Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-05 23:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-06 0:04 ` Ergus
2020-11-06 2:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-06 8:42 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-06 10:26 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-05 23:57 ` Ergus
2020-11-06 8:43 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-06 12:36 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-06 15:15 ` Ergus
2020-11-08 20:14 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-08 20:30 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-08 20:36 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-09 3:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-09 21:04 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-10 15:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-10 17:18 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-10 18:18 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-11 9:41 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-10 18:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-10 19:17 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-10 19:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-10 20:00 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-10 21:09 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-11 8:27 ` martin rudalics
2020-11-11 9:07 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-11 15:57 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-11 9:38 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-11 10:01 ` martin rudalics
2020-11-11 10:21 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-11 10:53 ` martin rudalics
2020-11-11 11:22 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-11 15:49 ` martin rudalics
2020-11-11 15:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-11 16:16 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-11 17:06 ` martin rudalics
2020-11-11 17:28 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-11 16:05 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-11 17:06 ` martin rudalics
2020-11-11 17:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-11 17:37 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-11 15:32 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-11 15:26 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-11 16:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-11 17:12 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-11 17:19 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-11-11 17:44 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-11 17:50 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-11-11 18:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-11 18:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-11 18:39 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-11 20:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-11 20:37 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-11 21:55 ` Ergus
2020-11-11 22:26 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-11 22:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-12 3:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-12 8:50 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-12 9:13 ` on helm substantial differences - " Jean Louis
2020-11-12 9:20 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-12 10:25 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-12 10:54 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-12 11:33 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-12 14:40 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions. [this message]
2020-11-12 17:46 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-12 14:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-12 17:49 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-12 17:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-12 14:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-12 15:05 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-12 15:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-12 16:10 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-12 17:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-13 12:40 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-13 12:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-13 13:36 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-13 13:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-13 15:09 ` Stephen Berman
2020-11-13 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-13 17:31 ` Stephen Berman
2020-11-16 10:24 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-16 17:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-17 11:51 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-12 7:58 ` martin rudalics
2020-11-12 8:52 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-12 14:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-12 12:39 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-11-12 19:31 ` Howard Melman
2020-11-12 20:02 ` ivy-posframe review - " Jean Louis
2020-11-11 14:09 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-11 15:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-11 16:05 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-11 18:52 ` Drew Adams
2020-11-11 19:10 ` martin rudalics
2020-11-11 19:49 ` Drew Adams
2020-11-12 7:58 ` martin rudalics
2020-11-11 19:51 ` Drew Adams
2020-11-11 16:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-12 22:51 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-13 8:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-13 12:56 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-13 13:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-13 13:44 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-13 13:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-16 10:25 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-16 17:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-16 17:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-16 18:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-17 11:51 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-17 14:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-13 19:27 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-17 8:59 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-13 20:18 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-14 6:17 ` Ergus
2020-11-14 20:36 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-15 2:39 ` Ergus
2020-11-15 19:32 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-10 20:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-06 5:52 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-06 12:40 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-06 12:59 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-08 20:28 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-11-08 20:50 ` Jean Louis
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