From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Skip Montanaro Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Time to consider/try Helm? Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 04:21:11 -0500 Message-ID: References: <69734f56-cea7-465d-83a8-35c7b2f08a2a@googlegroups.com> <87a7mvlxia.fsf@work.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <877ehzx2vw.fsf@mbork.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1540891205 29392 195.159.176.226 (30 Oct 2018 09:20:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:20:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help GNU Emacs , YUE Daian To: Marcin Borkowski Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 30 10:20:01 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gHQBt-0007WM-3q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:20:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51759 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHQDy-0000rz-RK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 05:22:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49909) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHQDW-0000rq-NC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 05:21:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHQDU-0004hn-KC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 05:21:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pf1-x42c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::42c]:33711) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHQDS-0004Xt-G6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 05:21:39 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pf1-x42c.google.com with SMTP id a15-v6so5525455pfn.0 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 02:21:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=nanS1KGFYOhq+taRfDNGlVMUoGcotJClfgxHx1Z6ROU=; b=lg/OwQu9GRtwrpFAyA+rdmGyaytUpuYXAwZ+rhl0GuHcLJh99+rApW9KBSSPceITKE JiMWdhjJaIPW/O0nIrmOt6wmnaSz1QLKFLFcy+rIio5ORspbFCYbhlyyt7npKR0Qb0CQ 1dRuZCz2L2pATSQ3vzCczXBPEAVCrPPSF2pSoIOG1yvFUHYTpp+YCcodZcpakM4R4V0d 396qqgR33YzNUtPUcVeiLQQSd72u3nTRbHrekxgvUH1xYIkNcrOlscF7UzlcnL8AL93i gBPG2Qbv7mYTr39wXsYog+4WahOQHAYP+OkcajDx7v5c/Tj0LBFTrV0JGLipEUUjvUvc sDqg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=nanS1KGFYOhq+taRfDNGlVMUoGcotJClfgxHx1Z6ROU=; b=ZULMFpZeG2d9I1MmlWa1iEBYNNffXb3yWrYHf2V2+vH2vG4dzp83S6ueu+ayhWGrTx 2M3WAR6zgRHFYlDAneG9yqyzVKvyVyEXWnc9ozw/CrVjDXn6lqXuSMj8d90MoAPju+bu N2xivaoPem8dsaWqiM4qcsi5k7Ey8f1nP70K238ilVwKechURaEEB5vm2X4Bs/yCoXpq Ug4SlfOgYKvx8S75Pb5zVnag1UvEMuXRWoYx4oQVntNNzi0HFHMwsG79NhBET6jRR5CL SusJD2dB0Y4AasF6wWlCtpxesQ2ClvvHl0Egng1Sp7GLZ0Lmx6DxrzbzzR3K9ADJNhZn dPFw== X-Gm-Message-State: AGRZ1gJNrw/EPnoOZLQccNJyGRFHCoGQlSA4CxMmqKLDAMrS8lZa88EM zjP2hxXGeSYXG9zLAIxY7IA34LbJqzcP8i3Yc17gUk8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AJdET5dK2KD52Byj4RcWpv4g7h4brVb0yFTw/L669qrOxmkPTtVnYmZBpI4Ha4qL9S7b7iNypo+lEUEajXU4IdiJMPo= X-Received: by 2002:a63:ef53:: with SMTP id c19-v6mr17300608pgk.386.1540891282443; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 02:21:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <877ehzx2vw.fsf@mbork.pl> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::42c X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:118499 Archived-At: > > My journey was vanilla -> Ido -> Icicles -> Ivy. > Completely naive question, but what do these packages provide? I've been using Emacs for 30+ years and I've never heard of any of them. I guess I need to get out more. Skip Montanaro