From: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg Minshall <minshall@umich.edu>,
Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>,
emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: forms and org-mode
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 21:41:44 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zgtbnhkv.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ilzzdqtm.fsf@localhost>
Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:
> Greg Minshall <minshall@umich.edu> writes:
>
>> wasn't there also some talk a while back about whatever form'ish
>> technology "magit" uses? my sense was it provides something similar to
>> Emacs forms.
>
> To clarify, I am not aware about Emacs forms (unless you refer to
> widgets used in customize interface). Magit uses transient which is one
> of the possible completion interfaces in Emacs.
>
Yes, Emacs Forms is part of Emacs and provides an interface for
collecting data - either it is based on Emacs widgets or something very
similar. Very much like old 'form' data entry interfaces we use to see
on terminals in the 80s. A bit like ncurses with a little 'window'
decoration.
Transient on the other hand is a UI library for getting user input where
the options are a little too complex/large for the more common input
methods - for example, it could be a good candidate for the export
'menu'. which I find can be very frustrating on a smaller screen when
you have lots of defined export back-ends.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-21 11:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-21 2:50 forms and org-mode Jude DaShiell
2021-08-21 3:51 ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-08-21 4:41 ` Jude DaShiell
2021-08-21 5:00 ` Tim Cross
2021-08-21 7:54 ` Jude DaShiell
2021-08-21 8:33 ` Tim Cross
2021-08-21 8:55 ` Jude DaShiell
2021-08-21 10:14 ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-08-21 10:26 ` Greg Minshall
2021-08-21 10:39 ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-08-21 11:41 ` Tim Cross [this message]
2021-08-21 12:45 ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-08-21 5:02 ` Ihor Radchenko
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