From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs completion matches selection UI Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:39:03 +0700 Message-ID: <871u2b1q08.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87fvqtg02v.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <877gc5fm30.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87bo1h6wvk.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87zjp0w50r.fsf@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1384933069 24809 80.91.229.3 (20 Nov 2013 07:37:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 07:37:49 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 20 08:37:55 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 1Vj2MF-0007oF-00 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2013 08:37:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53203 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vj2ME-0001Eu-J2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2013 02:37:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34832) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vj2M7-0001Dw-CS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2013 02:37:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vj2M2-0004h6-5z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2013 02:37:47 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:55480) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vj2M1-0004gx-VW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2013 02:37:42 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vj2Lz-0007gE-Bi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2013 08:37:39 +0100 Original-Received: from 223.204.248.123 ([223.204.248.123]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2013 08:37:39 +0100 Original-Received: from eric by 223.204.248.123 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2013 08:37:39 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 223.204.248.123 User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:4jIZuCvYct5lP8wUaUtq33WHznE= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:165429 Archived-At: Dmitry Gutov writes: > Juri Linkov writes: > >> In modern UIs, auto-completion works such a way that after you type text >> it pops up a drop-down menu with a list of candidates where you can >> select one by using and arrow keys. > > I would differentiate between completion of buffer contents (in this > case displaying a drop-down menu is fine) and completion of strings in > general. If the completion is unrelated to the buffer contents (or only > related on some higher level, like file names, buffer name or IMenu > elements), at the very least the completion popup will have to be > displayed near the minibuffer. > > I'd like to see a popup in the middle of the frame for this case, > somewhat-but-not-entirely covering the buffers. Like in Sublime Text. > > You can see it displayed in examples 3 and 4 on their front page: > http://www.sublimetext.com/ I think this feature alone would put an end to many of the complaints about emacs being "not modern". If you're constitutionally opposed to shiny it could be objectionable, but practically-speaking it would be very nice. The less emacs look like Dwarf Fortress the better.