icomplete-vertical-mode not taking effect

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From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 
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To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: icomplete-vertical-mode not taking effect
Date: 20/06/2021 21:52:27 Europe/Paris

Jean Louis wrote:

>> I am also disappointed when I see how ivy works. But helm
>> and ivy are both too big. Furthermore, they are external
>> packages. icomplete can more easily implement a vertical
>> mode with not much complication than using ivy. It is very
>> easy to criticise me about my attitude than recognising
>> a bad job.
>
> I have been using it today and I find it useful.
> Especially because it is a built-in, it is useful.

:)



Yes, if some ideas could be taken from ivy in the vertical case, I would 

prefer it, because as you say, when things are built-in, the proposition of

using it routinely is most attractive.



The horizontal view works well and I like it, and the vertical has benefits

when the list of matches becomes large.  



I currently cycle around between icomplete-horizontal (with orderless style) 

and ivy.



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From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: icomplete-vertical-mode not taking effect
Date: 20/06/2021 21:52:27 Europe/Paris

Jean Louis wrote:

>> I am also disappointed when I see how ivy works. But helm
>> and ivy are both too big. Furthermore, they are external
>> packages. icomplete can more easily implement a vertical
>> mode with not much complication than using ivy. It is very
>> easy to criticise me about my attitude than recognising
>> a bad job.
>
> I have been using it today and I find it useful.
> Especially because it is a built-in, it is useful.

:)

-- 
underground experts united
https://dataswamp.org/~incal