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Re: master f6967d2 1/3: Allow for the completion buffer to be automatica
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Theodor Thornhill |
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Re: master f6967d2 1/3: Allow for the completion buffer to be automatically selected |
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Wed, 22 Dec 2021 22:30:48 +0100 |
Daniel Martín <mardani29@yahoo.es> writes:
>
> Many people prefer to use a selection workflow for the minibuffer, yes,
> the popularity of packages like ivy, selectrum, ido, icicles, helm,
> etc. speak for itself. But on master the implemented solution was more
> or less an intermediate one where the completion list was not shown
> automatically and the results were not filtered "on the fly". IMO, that
> kind of intermediate solution doesn't help much to attract people used
> to that kind of workflow from other applications/Emacs packages, and
> only annoy people used to vanilla completion.
>
Right, I see your point.
> Another experiment that might be more successful is to enable an ELPA
> package like mct[1] by default, and offer a single option to revert to
> the default minibuffer behavior, for people used to vanilla completion.
>
I actually use mct, and have for a while. I like that it is not as
intrusive as the other projects.
- Re: master f6967d2 1/3: Allow for the completion buffer to be automatically selected, (continued)
Re: master f6967d2 1/3: Allow for the completion buffer to be automatically selected, Theodor Thornhill, 2021/12/22