Re: Time to consider/try Helm?

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>]

On 2018-10-31, at 12:23, YUE Daian <sheepduke@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Ivy can do these things, too.
>
> Sure. And dramatically after I tried Ivy since yesterday, I have already
> uninstalled helm...

Wow, that escalated quickly.

> Thank you guys, for helping me find a new tool that suits my taste more.

As someone who used both Helm and Ivy, could you summarize the key
differences?  I don't think I'm going to switch to Helm;-), but I'm just
curious.

>>> I think the biggest change helm brings is that it uses buffer instead of
>>> mini-buffer to display its results.
>>
>> How is that beneficial?  (I don't claim it isn't - I just don't know
>> what are the pluses.)
>
> Here "change" is a neutral word.
>
> Some people like it, some people don't.
>
> Some people say that using an individual buffer may display more
> information, such as file size, directory etc for buffer list.
>
> IMHO most information is not really needed (by me).
>
> So personally I could accept it, but I don't miss it after switching to
> Ivy.

I see.

Thanks,

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Marcin Borkowski
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