From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: completions - remove window after use? Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:21:32 -0500 Message-ID: References: <61C01A08-8FB6-4908-B9F1-B9F1CE3E3D92@gmail.com> <20091111212658.GD12012@headley> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1257981713 987 80.91.229.12 (11 Nov 2009 23:21:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:21:53 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 12 00:21:47 2009 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 1N8MVV-0004VV-MI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:21:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52292 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8MVU-00050A-Tu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:21:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8MVP-0004yj-9C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:21:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8MVK-0004xN-Ed for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:21:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35460 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8MVK-0004xK-9s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:21:34 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:3125 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N8MVK-0007Dr-1s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:21:34 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEAOfV+kpMCpsp/2dsb2JhbACBTdt7hDwEiSM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,726,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="49138150" Original-Received: from 76-10-155-41.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.155.41]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 11 Nov 2009 18:21:33 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DAE1D8373; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:21:32 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20091111212658.GD12012@headley> (=?utf-8?B?IsWgdMSbcMOhbiBO?= =?utf-8?B?xJttZWMiJ3M=?= message of "Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:26:58 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:116853 Archived-At: > Please do touch it, I don't think the current behaviour makes much (read > any) sense either. I'd first hear of other users. > And speaking about *Completions*, would it be possible to fill the > completions column-first, not row-first as it is now? I find it quite > unreasonable, as the display is column-wise, but not so filling, making > it harder to quickly skim through the list. I'm not sure why you find it unreasonable, but I'd find it inconvenient when the list overflows the window, to have a column-first listing since I couldn't then first scroll to the interesting area. Stefan