Re: Emacs completion matches selection UI

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden> writes:

> Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> In modern UIs, auto-completion works such a way that after you type text
>> it pops up a drop-down menu with a list of candidates where you can
>> select one by using <down> and <up> arrow keys.
>
> I would differentiate between completion of buffer contents (in this
> case displaying a drop-down menu is fine) and completion of strings in
> general. If the completion is unrelated to the buffer contents (or only
> related on some higher level, like file names, buffer name or IMenu
> elements), at the very least the completion popup will have to be
> displayed near the minibuffer.
>
> I'd like to see a popup in the middle of the frame for this case,
> somewhat-but-not-entirely covering the buffers. Like in Sublime Text.
>
> You can see it displayed in examples 3 and 4 on their front page:
> http://www.sublimetext.com/

I think this feature alone would put an end to many of the complaints
about emacs being "not modern". If you're constitutionally opposed to
shiny it could be objectionable, but practically-speaking it would be
very nice. The less emacs look like Dwarf Fortress the better.