Re: Emacs should provide more modern item completion out of the box

[jeremyb]

Andrea

For this,
> This is extremely helpful for learning new Emacs key bindings with
> almost no effort.
you also have which-key-mode



Andrea Corallo <address@hidden> writes:

> Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> On 02.01.2020 15:44, ndame wrote:
>>> Do you agree that Emacs could benefit from such a modern completion
>>> system (for M-x, etc.) by providing a more attractive out of the box
>>> experience?
>>
>> There are several.
>>
>> For M-x, the easiest one to try out is 'M-x icomplete-mode'. Turn it
>> on and see how you like the new 'M-x' experience.
>>
>> And when Emacs 27 comes out, or if you can install a recent snapshot,
>> try out 'M-x fido-mode'. It's a somewhat tweaked version of the
>> former.
>
> Hi, in my opinion despite completion the other feature that is really
> killer in helm-M-x is that it suggests the key bindings associated with
> the listed commands.
>
> This is extremely helpful for learning new Emacs key bindings with
> almost no effort.
>
> Is there a way to have that with fido-mode or icomplete-mode?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrea