Re: discoverability, better defaults and which-key in Emacs

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 05/02/2024 09:11, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
> Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev> writes:
>
> > On 03/02/2024 15:40, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
> > > Po Lu<luangruo@yahoo.com>  writes:
> > >
> > > > Jeremy Bryant<jb@jeremybryant.net>  writes:
> > > >
> > > > > Here is a suggestion - include which-key in core and potentially enable
> > > > > by for new users.
> > > > >
> > > > > I understand it is in ELPA already.
> > > > >
> > > > > Author Justin has expressed openness to the idea in
> > > > > https://github.com/justbur/emacs-which-key/issues/355
> > > > I don't think enabling it by default is all that desirable, since its
> > > > popups are far more intrusive than keystrokes are when echoed, but
> > > > moving it to core is a decent idea.
> > > I second this concern, it also promotes the inefficient practice of
> > > inspecting keymaps by waiting for the idle timer to be triggered.
> >
> > What if instead of having the help on a timer, the timer would add a
> > small hint in the echo about how to invoke help (i.e. press C-h)?
>
> I think that would be a significant improvement if it is to be enabled
> by default.  I don't have an issue with the presentation (though the
> transient buffer is my preferred UX).

Is "transient buffer" the same as what which-key uses? I think the 
'transient' package uses similar display.