From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs completion matches selection UI Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:18:08 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87fvqtg02v.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <877gc5fm30.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87k3g47m7b.fsf@yandex.ru> <528B6F11.7070607@yandex.ru> <87y54ke8v3.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87li0kdrsz.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <878uwi8t3r.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <83ob5ee7ow.fsf@gnu.org> <87d2ltl2if.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <8338moevm3.fsf@gnu.org> <8761rkaa5e.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87txf0390n.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1385392703 28159 80.91.229.3 (25 Nov 2013 15:18:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:18:23 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 25 16:18:27 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vkxve-00020A-FS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 16:18:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53288 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vkxve-0005VJ-1r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:18:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47184) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VkxvU-0005UD-Jy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:18:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VkxvN-0005YK-A9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:18:16 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:4056) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VkxvN-0005YG-5Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:18:09 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFxIQK/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYoCws0EhQYDYhCBsEtjWGDKQOIYZwZgV6DFQ X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFxIQK/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYoCws0EhQYDYhCBsEtjWGDKQOIYZwZgV6DFQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="40340267" Original-Received: from 69-196-132-10.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.132.10]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 25 Nov 2013 10:18:08 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3740A603C3; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:18:08 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87txf0390n.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Mon, 25 Nov 2013 08:28:56 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:165700 Archived-At: > From the lack of followups I think we've settled into some agreement on > this: trigger the completion candidates UI on `up' and/or `down' and > inside that mode, remap keys for the single purpose of filtering and > selecting match candidates. That sounds fine, yes. > We also said the input history should be available in the same > interface, so the UI will in effect be a general "give me things of > interest" interface. I suggest you start by simply using the *Completions* buffer unchanged (i.e. without input history). > The visuals (popup or better *Completions* buffer) are not clear yet, > but we have some votes for either approach. I don't think it's an either/or choice. But I don't think the popup code will have time to mature enough for 24.4. Stefan