From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Making completion more interactive Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:51:21 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <87egs7b5h4.fsf@wanadoo.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418244716 23306 80.91.229.3 (10 Dec 2014 20:51:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:51:56 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 10 21:51:50 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1XyoEf-0002P7-Ai for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:51:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47901 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyoEe-0008Ue-Tc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:51:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49490) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyoEW-0008UH-MX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:51:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyoEQ-0004xp-CE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:51:40 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:45224) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyoEQ-0004xc-05 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:51:34 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XyoEO-0002G6-8m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:51:32 +0100 Original-Received: from 94-21-239-200.pool.digikabel.hu ([94.21.239.200]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:51:32 +0100 Original-Received: from adatgyujto by 94-21-239-200.pool.digikabel.hu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:51:32 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 94.21.239.200 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:34.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/34.0) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:179702 Archived-At: Óscar Fuentes wanadoo.es> writes: > > Tom gmail.com> writes: > > > Modern completion systems usually show completions > > automatically. You just type and the completions are shown. This > > is how it works in various applications, google, etc. > > Yes, it's hideous I think most people like this behavior. > However, some packages like company-mode do nor require to press a key > to show the completion candidates, it works like you describe. Yes, I know about them. My suggestion is about making the default completion more modern. There can be an option of course to disable it for those who like pressing TAB.