From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: propose adding Icicles to Emacs Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:51:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182020300 10822 80.91.229.12 (16 Jun 2007 18:58:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:58:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 16 20:58:15 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HzdTP-0007Ci-J0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:58:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HzdTP-0005AZ-80 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:58:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HzdMo-0000uL-1h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:51:22 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HzdMm-0000t6-SI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:51:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HzdMm-0000sk-Iu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:51:20 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HzdMm-0006Qg-7V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:51:20 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HzdMl-0006y3-Sd; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:51:19 -0400 In-reply-to: X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:73093 Archived-At: 1. As I mentioned, my `read-face-name' just shows face names in *Completions* using their own faces. IMO, that should also be done in Emacs, but it is 100% independent of the rest of Icicles. This could be a good idea. Can it be done by replacing the standard `read-face-name' with yours? Would someone please look at installing this? 2. Same thing for `face-valid-attribute-values': It shows color names using the colors they name. Good to add to Emacs, and independent of the rest of Icicles. Likewise. 3. My `choose-completion-string' has the minor tweak of not exiting the minibuffer if this is just a `lisp-complete-symbol' completion. This was done long ago, and I'm not sure it is still relevant. Again, if it is useful it can be added to Emacs independently of the rest of Icicles - Icicles does not depend on this. It seems random and probably not desirable. 4. My `completion-setup-function' and `display-completion-list' - see what I wrote before (about fitting the *Completions* window to the buffer etc.). This would mean modifying the definitions of `completion-setup-function' and `display-completion-list' in ways that I think would be good anyway. For instance, my `display-completion-list' does not remove text properties from candidates, and it adjusts the number of displayed columns and their widths. I personally would prefer to see `display-completion-list' be a Lisp function, but I will survive without that. My enhancements to it are independent of the rest of Icicles, but they do matter to the Icicles experience ;-). I am not sure what that previous text that refers to, but someone can look at these changes and think about installing them. Would someone please do? 3. My `switch-to-completions' selects the *Completions* window, even if it is on another frame. This could be added to Emacs independently of Icicles. That seems good. Would someone please look at installing this change? 1. My `dabbrev-completion' and my `lisp-complete-symbol' also select the *Completions* window, even if it is on another frame. This is not very important. Likewise. Anything that selects the *Completions* buffer ought to do it in a general way.