From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Helm (and?) or Icicles (possibly using Evil) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 06:53:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <4cd079bd-9978-422f-9449-51d8fbe76485@googlegroups.com> <0d24af8b-a235-4c4e-b946-408c74d849a0@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1398393157 21920 80.91.229.3 (25 Apr 2014 02:32:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 02:32:37 +0000 (UTC) To: Hans BKK , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 25 04:32:30 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1WdVwD-0001xi-9D for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 04:32:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53466 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WdVN6-0005tZ-8J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:56:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45042) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WdUkq-0007al-FG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:18:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WdK5c-000500-UB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:53:33 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:37887) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WdK5Y-0004zK-H0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:53:24 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s3ODrH2j022632 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:53:18 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7021.oracle.com (aserz7021.oracle.com [141.146.126.230]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s3ODrGxp009052 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:53:16 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0017.oracle.com (abhmp0017.oracle.com [141.146.116.23]) by aserz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s3ODrFOg009046; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:53:15 GMT In-Reply-To: <0d24af8b-a235-4c4e-b946-408c74d849a0@googlegroups.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:97364 Archived-At: > If you happen to have time and/or feel like it at any point, I'd greatly > appreciate your addressing my question - I hope you won't feel 'shy' abou= t > highlighting Icicles' features - particularly in the context of my use-ca= se > - where they overlap vis-a-vis the alternatives since I am genuinely > soliciting that information no one can accuse you of over-self-promotion = in > the maillist. I can't speak to that; sorry. I'm sure there are others who have used or who use various libraries that enhance completion, either one at a time or together, and who can speak to that question. In any case, you will no doubt want to try things for yourself, as well, in your own way. People use Emacs differently, learn things differently, have different needs, and have different preferences.