From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ole Laursen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: icomplete-mode as replacement for iswitchb Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:46:49 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415796462 21236 80.91.229.3 (12 Nov 2014 12:47:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:47:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ole Laursen To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 12 13:47:36 2014 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 1XoXKh-0007q9-DH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:47:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54299 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoXKg-0004UE-Mt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 07:47:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42292) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoXKO-0004TH-B9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 07:47:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoXKI-0008RM-5x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 07:47:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-vc0-f177.google.com ([209.85.220.177]:63414) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoXKI-0008R6-2E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 07:47:10 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-vc0-f177.google.com with SMTP id ij19so971268vcb.8 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 04:47:09 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=OX8avDcCWm/fKfutzakDXGeqKql8o6NdBlOlX0u9Tjc=; b=dvHDMZyXcV6Qu/0UZLzIgfwxCuQtnfhnQU6VIKCksds4mujHvC5oDpI3pZ2IaHFdEr jVhpPBurwFU/8DI9Wb3Wb8jnduxokQa4lxNEB0z+tbu3REGYNJbp0bNdYbPMhqbz3Fhk V9qhozhH+epboyZ+TYsvY1UVlMUxZ8NKN9C460y1TguDCioog/21OxNQwGkxqA/Y5SeR 26PiRUodsmEWwDDU0bAsJwWUxjPDYQPAD4NCHQ33MyLheN3zfttO3SYyZq+dEZBjhck0 smul6KVy6jvR9ztdGy5p0ExOFIqZp5ViGZb1dohE4X7gnlD1v/YzT1b7lgQL0++lhL6T CvMQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmaf7Yqx1bCs7i2YIJxil/acrQU62BnbB24HihigXT2gjy2Qw0sYFNchCjZPu3TYGQnX5t4 X-Received: by 10.220.81.196 with SMTP id y4mr33864788vck.25.1415796429372; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 04:47:09 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.220.99.133 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 04:46:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.220.177 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:176802 Archived-At: After getting back to iswitchb I think that while the completion stuff in icomplete feels superior to what iswitchb is doing, the UI is at the moment worse (in addition to the other things I've mentioned, if you turn on matches on no input C-x b with icomplete-mode will still show a redundant "(default )" thing). So while it looks promising, I don't think it's really a replacement for iswitchb yet. Ole