Re: icomplete-vertical-mode not taking effect

[Philip Kaludercic]

Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, 20 Jun 2021 at 02:03, <arvid-harnack@lavache.com> wrote:
>
>> There have been a number op people who agree that the mode enabling
>> feels very surprising.  The answer one gets is - "it is designed that way".
>
> You have been given a sound reason: ‘icomplete-vertical-mode’ can be
> used with either ‘icomplete-mode’ or ‘fido-mode’. If it automatically
> enabled ‘icomplete-mode’, it would no longer work with ‘fido-mode’.

I'm not that convinced by this, because icomplete-vertical-mode could
check if fido-mode is enabled, and if not enable icomplete-vertical
mode.

> The name is unfortunate because it is easy to get the idea that it is
> “like icomplete-mode but vertical”, but the principle is good: one
> choice between sets of functionality, and an orthogonal choice about
> presentation.

-- 
        Philip K.