From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: Andrea Corallo <akrl@sdf.org>
Cc: Oleh Krehel <ohwoeowho@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Include ivy + counsel in Emacs core?
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 21:14:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k0wxzdyh.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xjfa6xttso9.fsf@sdf.org>
Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions. <emacs-devel@gnu.org> writes:
> was ever considered the inclusion of ivy + counsel in the Emacs core
> distribution?
>
> ivy+counsel it's a quality package that reached already noticeable
> popularity. Does fuzzy completion with vertical output display, and its
> counsel-M-X shows also the command key binding (feature I consider for
> my experience a _game changer_ for softening the learning curve).
> Finally it's already in ELPA.
As someone who has used ivy for several months I should note that it
doesn’t work well with “M-x rgrep” (it tries to complete files when
asked for a pattern); see also
https://github.com/abo-abo/swiper/issues/286
There are also a couple of things that might trip up new users, for
example the need to hit C-j to confirm a new file name instead of
selecting a similar matching file name (which is what RET gives you).
While I think it’s pretty nice in general (and I do prefer it over Helm)
and an improvement over the default of no completion, I do feel it’s a
little … invasive or coercive in that it’s a bit awkward to bypass it.
--
Ricardo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-13 19:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-13 18:53 Include ivy + counsel in Emacs core? Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-13 19:14 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2020-09-13 20:13 ` arthur miller
2020-09-13 20:25 ` ej32u--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-13 20:32 ` Doug Davis
2020-09-13 21:00 ` arthur miller
2020-09-13 20:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-13 21:26 ` Ergus
2020-09-14 6:15 ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-14 11:12 ` Oleh Krehel
2020-11-05 0:31 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-11-05 0:34 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-09-13 21:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-14 11:09 ` Oleh Krehel
2020-09-14 22:58 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-14 11:16 ` Oleh Krehel
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2020-09-14 2:36 Jai Flack
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