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.help Subject: Re: Moving through options with completing read Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:02:46 +0300 Message-ID: References: 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="312"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/+ () (2022-06-11) Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: uzibalqa Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 12 08:13:16 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1oMNv2-000AXp-Bv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 12 Aug 2022 08:13:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47506 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oMNv0-00028Z-Vq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 12 Aug 2022 02:13:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35996) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oMNsH-000149-Ln for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Aug 2022 02:10:30 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:57115) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oMNsE-0000mF-9A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Aug 2022 02:10:23 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:102.82.155.191]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000000B5B05.0000000062F5EEC9.00005657; Thu, 11 Aug 2022 23:10:17 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: uzibalqa , "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:138819 Archived-At: * uzibalqa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [2022-08-12 00:56]: > I am using `completing-read'. The way to go through options in using > the arrow keys, right? 1. If I am already very acquainted with what I am expected to write during `completing-read' function and there was some previous entry which is remembered in history, then I would usually just search for the previous entry by using M-p or M-n 2. If there was no previous history, and I am very acquainted with it, I would then start typing an entry and press TAB to expand it. 3. If I am not acquainted with what I am expected to enter then I press TAB to see possible completion. This is often the case even with my own programs. To make the function `completing-read' more visual or interactive depending of personal preferences, one can turn on `helm-mode` or `ivy-mode' or similar. However, after extensively using those special completion modes I have found out that I work more efficient with the Emacs standard completion. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/