Re: more on anything.el inclusion

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org>]

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:

> Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> Actually installing anything is easy and work out of the box with only:
>>>
>>> (require 'anything-config)
>>> (require 'anything-match-plugin) ; facultatif
>>
>> For packages included in emacs we try to avoid using require to
>> activate the package.  [I don't know anything about this particular
>> package, so...]
>
> A lot of autoload cookies are missing in anything-config, however, 
>
> (autoload 'anything-find-files "anything-config.el" "" t)
>
> is enough to enable anything.

That's the same as using require.  The preferred way is to do it with
a function call, or a mode.

>>> Anything is now self documented both in mode-line and with C-h m or your
>>> usual help command, but yes a manual would be nice.
>>
>> Can you please add some brief description of what it actually does?
>>
>> ;;;; anything.el --- open anything / QuickSilver-like candidate-selection framework
>>
>> does not tell much...
>
> anything is a framework that allow to setup an interactive and
> incremental display to select candidate and provide diverses actions on
> it or many of them.
>
> Basically, you can see that as a big completing-read, but incremental
> with nice display, and providing differents action on candidate selected
> in collection.

And how do you use it?

BTW, this might be obvious to you, but for people that have not used
the package is not.  Adding a few lines of describing what it does and
how to use it is very helpful.  [Please note that this has no relation
to getting this package included in emacs, this is just what a
potential user would like].