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Re: on helm substantial differences


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: on helm substantial differences
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 05:24:33 +0200

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com,  bugs@gnu.support,  ghe@sdf.org,
>   spacibba@aol.com,  andreyk.mad@gmail.com,  emacs-devel@gnu.org,
>   rudalics@gmx.at,  monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 22:41:06 +0200
> 
> > This will have to be an opt-in feature.  It presents completion
> > candidates in such a radically different form that people will be
> > confused; I would be.  We cannot change the default behavior so
> > radically, and on top of that make the display different in each mode.
> 
> Like there are already possible choices 'horizontal' and 'vertical'
> in the user option 'completions-format', it could also support
> a new choice like 'rich'.

That'd be fine, I think.  But we should try to come up with a name
that is more descriptive, for example 'mode-specific' or something, to
make it more explicit that this is not just about arranging the
candidates on display.



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