Re: [PATCH] Support "\n" in icomplete-separator

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:05:06 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <ghe@sdf.org>
> cc: rudalics@gmx.at, spacibba@aol.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
>         andreyk.mad@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> > When you do need to use the Web browsers that implement that UI, do you 
> > frequently regret they don't work like Ivy?
> >
> 
> I don't understand your question.

Which of the two do you like better: the Emacs modes like
icomplete-vertical or the drop-down list UI of the browsers?

> > No, those browsers never drop a list which is as wide as the 
> > window/frame.  So they waste much less screen space.
> 
> I attach a screenshot of Chromium.  The frame is 2880 pixels wide, the 
> "combo box" with completion candidates is 2472 pixels wide.  That's 86% of 
> the frame width.  Okay, 86% is not 100%, but 86% is not "much less" than 
> 100%.

Sheer luck.  Try typing something into the Firefox's address bar or
the small Google Search window to the right of the address bar.