From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings via "Emacs development discussions." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Feature branches review please (ivy hello) Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2020 12:07:50 +0000 Message-ID: References: <234bba7f-fd5c-ed39-8a5e-8a6ce3125bf1@inventati.org> Reply-To: Gregory Heytings Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11755"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Alpine 2.22 (NEB 394 2020-01-19) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jean Louis Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 06 13:08:32 2020 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 1kb0Xg-0002xl-Dl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 13:08:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48386 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kb0Xf-0001mY-GJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 07:08:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52730) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kb0XA-0001M7-9Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 07:08:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mx.sdf.org ([205.166.94.24]:55522) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kb0X7-0006CI-Nw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 07:07:59 -0500 Original-Received: from sdf.org (IDENT:ghe@faeroes.freeshell.org [205.166.94.9]) by mx.sdf.org (8.15.2/8.14.5) with ESMTPS id 0A6C7rCh011723 (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256 bits) verified NO); Fri, 6 Nov 2020 12:07:53 GMT Original-Received: (from ghe@localhost) by sdf.org (8.15.2/8.12.8/Submit) id 0A6C7rpB005161; Fri, 6 Nov 2020 12:07:53 GMT In-Reply-To: Content-ID: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=205.166.94.24; envelope-from=ghe@sdf.org; helo=mx.sdf.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/11/06 07:07:56 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = ??? X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-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:258807 Archived-At: >> You may see how dmenu which is separate program works under X Window >> system to launch files: >> >> 1.8M demo of dmenu program: >> https://gnu.support/images/2020/11/2020-11-05/2020-11-06-01:38:29.ogv I looked at this, I honestly don't see how this is different from icomplete/ido. AFAICS you select a program name by typing its name. > > ;; 1. It should get selection by using words in reverse order, for > ;; example to select "AMERICAN SAMOA" when one writes "SAMOA > ;; AMERICAN" > Again, please try (setq completion-styles (cons 'flex completion-styles)). With this "foo bar" matches both "foo bar" and "bar foo" (and also "far boo", "boo far", ...). > > ;; 2. Highlighting like in Ivy or Helm or Dmenu > The default settings for icomplete/ido have some "highlighting", but probably not the one you want. For example the current match is in bold. > > ;; 3. Capability to choose other actions, not only the default action, > ;; like M-o in Ivy or TAB in Helm. > ;; > ;; 4. Capability to choose multiple items, like marking of the item > ;; with C-c SPC in Helm and conducting actions on multiple items > These two features are not part of icomplete/ido, indeed. If you need them, use ivy or helm. Or wait until someone finds the time and energy to implement them for icomplete/ido. Or find the time and energy to implement them for icomplete/ido.