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Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package
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Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico |
Date: |
Sun, 11 Apr 2021 07:58:51 -0500 |
Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>> The fact that this UI paradigm is so ubiquitous suggests that you might
>> be in the minority here.
>
> I don't think that that should delegitimize the preference though.
Sure.
It should tell us something about which is the better default, though.
>>>> (It's also a popular choice elsewhere, try for example entering
>>>> something into the search bar on Google or DuckDuckGo. The same
>>>> paradigm you see there is used in a lot of desktop software.)
>>>
>>> Those are for selection, not for completion. I thought we'd already
>>> established that the two are quite different. We should not conflate
>>> them, nor force users use only one of them where both could make
>>> sense, IMO.
>>
>> I don't think the distinction matters here. We are discussing if
>> candidates should be shown eagerly, and my answer is "yes".
>
> Are you using an alternative completion framework? I find it interesting
> how some people agree with the distinction and others don't, and wonder
> if the way they use Emacs shapes their opinion.
I use ivy, and previously I've used ido for many years. They both show
candidates immediately, without having to press TAB.
As does most other completion frameworks, AFAICT: helm, icomplete, smex,
selectrum, etc.
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, (continued)
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/04/10
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/04/10
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/04/10
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/04/10
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/04/10
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/04/10
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Stefan Kangas, 2021/04/10
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/04/10
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Stefan Kangas, 2021/04/11
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Philip Kaludercic, 2021/04/11
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico,
Stefan Kangas <=
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/04/11
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/04/11
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/04/11
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/04/11
- RE: [External] : Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Drew Adams, 2021/04/11
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/04/11
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/04/11
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Stefan Kangas, 2021/04/11
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/04/11
- Re: Stepping Back: A Wealth Of Completion systems Re: [ELPA] New package: vertico, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/04/11