From: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: A package in a league of its own: Helm
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 18:48:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mwan5jjr.fsf@wanadoo.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 73520ac0-9fc0-42ce-8a15-cc400b6f8308@googlegroups.com
solidius4747@gmail.com writes:
>> How difficult is to add a new completion command to helm? Such as
>>
>> providing it with a list of strings and complete on it?
>>
>>
>>
>> Can helm use other completion matching methods, such as flx? I regard
>>
>> flx as more convenient than helm's default matching system.
>
> It should be easy. I've never tried to provide custom source but if
> you use existing Helm sources, it's very easy to craft your own.
I guess that you are talking about the difficulty of adding a new
completion command here.
> For
> me, I prefer Helm's way. That is, I can directly enter a filename, and
> narrow down it later if more than one candidates are displayed.
> Compared with ido + flx, I have to precisely remember the structure of
> something and enter it follow the correct order. For example, I can
> enter test.c and hundreds of them might exist. I can narrow down
> further by specifying the path incrementally later. With Ido, I always
> have to remember the path for fuzzy completion. Helm gives me greater
> flexibility; with flexibility, it gives greater explorability in a
> huge source. You should read the section "Why Helm is powerful" above.
Okay. I have a different view here (and your description of flx
requiring to precisely remenbering the structure of your target is not
accurate, in my experience.) I would never switch from ido+flx if the
alternative does nor provide the same fuzzy matching capabilities. After
investigating a bit, the bad news is that incorporating flx into helm is
not easy at all. The good news is that there are a significant interest
on doing it, including flx's author. Let's see how this evolves.
Thanks for answering my questions.
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Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-29 4:18 A package in a league of its own: Helm solidius4747
2014-08-29 5:49 ` Guide for package use?(was A package in a league of its own: Helm) Rusi
2014-08-29 6:17 ` solidius4747
2014-08-29 13:36 ` A package in a league of its own: Helm Óscar Fuentes
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2014-08-29 14:03 ` solidius4747
2014-08-29 15:06 ` solidius4747
2014-08-29 16:48 ` Óscar Fuentes [this message]
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2014-08-29 17:08 ` solidius4747
2014-08-29 18:03 ` Óscar Fuentes
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2014-08-30 1:49 ` solidius4747
2014-08-30 3:33 ` Óscar Fuentes
[not found] ` <mailman.7892.1409369651.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-30 3:55 ` solidius4747
2014-09-01 16:01 ` Phillip Lord
2014-09-01 16:49 ` York Zhao
2014-09-02 13:06 ` Phillip Lord
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2014-09-01 16:59 ` Tu, Do
2014-09-01 17:25 ` Nikolai Weibull
2014-09-01 17:28 ` Óscar Fuentes
2014-09-01 17:40 ` York Zhao
2014-09-01 20:37 ` Michael Heerdegen
2014-09-02 0:27 ` York Zhao
2014-09-02 1:40 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-09-02 1:56 ` York Zhao
2014-09-02 23:15 ` Tak Kunihiro
[not found] ` <mailman.8046.1409592357.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-09-02 8:21 ` Tu, Do
2014-09-02 13:27 ` Phillip Lord
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2014-09-01 16:43 ` Tu, Do
2014-09-02 13:19 ` Phillip Lord
2014-09-02 14:13 ` York Zhao
2014-09-02 14:20 ` Phillip Lord
2014-09-02 17:03 ` York Zhao
2014-09-03 9:58 ` Phillip Lord
[not found] ` <mailman.8183.1409738348.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-09-03 10:19 ` Tu, Do
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2014-09-02 17:11 ` Tu, Do
2014-09-02 17:32 ` York Zhao
2014-09-02 18:15 ` Tu
2014-09-03 0:35 ` York Zhao
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2014-09-03 3:50 ` Tu, Do
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2014-09-02 14:32 ` Tu, Do
2014-09-03 10:43 ` Phillip Lord
2014-08-31 9:09 ` Ernesto Durante
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