From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A different way to interactively pass options to commands Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:42:37 +0100 Message-ID: <87zh02zarm.fsf@gnus.org> References: <878s7m1mo3.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19353"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Clemens Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 17 22:32:07 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1lCUQY-0004uA-As for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 22:32:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58030 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCUQX-0008Qh-7Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:32:05 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37896) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCTer-00037k-PV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:42:49 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2]:58044) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCTep-0004Xq-QJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:42:49 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=WLhl5xUf5zUcUILFC5Y8T3N0liESTeOEHN4FIA0FVxY=; b=jAnqID6NCvJnCoETyaMAvNr4Sn Jb9BZ8VY2ETAy6/Mpzm7VxHCk/ssDIyR+letH7T086IkY30/Y+uHiG60tb0CXeQ/KN50ZeKNOyuyw vKLsO8wwzOqbfjCK7dpDEzv2zCkIJqpVKq4tPKV0KKHQ1waSXO4+ODtpS4Sfd0MZ5FW4=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lCTek-0004B6-8a; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:42:44 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAACBj SFJNAAB6JgAAgIQAAPoAAACA6AAAdTAAAOpgAAA6mAAAF3CculE8AAAAGFBMVEWxjBctIAdcSSTP iwGlcRAUDwKNioP////kfFCWAAAAAWJLR0QHFmGI6wAAAAd0SU1FB+UCERQoI/wtl38AAAG0SURB VDjLdZJBrqMwDIbzpu8CRmP2sQrrUrgANDN7I9J9Ir3e/whjJxkKLbWQSPLFjv3bxpgvgKpf7Vp2 xpjrMTh9BJdP4Dsv3QcwvINBl8NBqP7KO8DwO6fbd55nlyMN7raC02X0nl02ovPEJVQ/NN4DkXMT WQCwT2C9kEoP5Y8gaw1cgGcEQPmjXiJ3U/DH7w3UxeU3PMPGKqCzK6Hmx6sVcG9gZ3QWoHXU6EHD pzxAPkqAqZVLUBKTtOUd0/cjV1RPyLpfAQjomOj+KwfZAxHkPuYStuC7qwAKYMiAFUijNN1SdQZC TH/pFGDbtFWsbaDZUkMRpIMdKghNC6G1UUAUlB4X9xZbpOaHMiD1kC6jgio8mp9HoDjb0Ep3TJoL W2MkG0KINs5RQPLoLFAtWqMVURrLZEV3VEBctWRHIiyN0qRVqwXnvwf9EBFHUYtooq0J+PIk+otg NkmVKk+hOtHuf88Zs1YFpGuMclqAfwK95Mtc4Q54XOfqBfhXcBk3h7wBJx0ffPc4SR1+ng5C6RuL sx/A4NZg/ALGdw95Y+mH6bCO5ZZmOw91AWcNsrjsgk/wD2nK+xwKVxX6AAAAJXRFWHRkYXRlOmNy ZWF0ZQAyMDIxLTAyLTE3VDIwOjQwOjM1KzAwOjAwmF+ongAAACV0RVh0ZGF0ZTptb2RpZnkAMjAy MS0wMi0xN1QyMDo0MDozNSswMDowMOkCECIAAAAASUVORK5CYII= X-Now-Playing: Orbital's _Satan Live (3)_: "Chime (Live At The V96 Festival, Chelmsford)" In-Reply-To: (Clemens's message of "Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:32:50 +0100") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2; envelope-from=larsi@gnus.org; helo=quimby.gnus.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:265084 Archived-At: Clemens writes: >> What does the Magit UI look like? > > Here is an example > > https://magit.vc/screenshots/popup-diff-arguments.png > > taken from > > https://emacsair.me/2017/09/01/magit-walk-through/ > > Or checkout the beginning of this Video: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-0OwGTt0dI Thanks. So it's like a ... mega-popup key menu thing. It does seem quite nice -- it makes command discovery very "in your face": You can't help but know what your options are. But it's a quite radical departure from other commands in Emacs. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no