Re: on helm substantial differences - Re: [PATCH] Support "\n" in icomplete-separator

[Gregory Heytings]

> > > > This is very subjective.  I find the looks of the minibuffer with 
> > > > vertical completions very nice, and given the popularity of packages 
> > > > that implement that feature (Helm and Ivy) I'm sure I'm not alone. 
> > > > And, FWIW, I would very much dislike a "combo box like UI" to replace 
> > > > this.
> > >
> > > Helm does not offer minibuffer with vertical completions.
> >
> > I know.  But for the purpose of _this_ discussion (prettyness of a 
> > vertical presentation of completion candidates by Emacs compared to 
> > other software) what it does is the same.
>
> icomplete vertical completion is not same to helm completion.
>
> Maybe you did not see or did not observe the difference which is to me 
> very substantial.

I'll say it again: I know that they are different.  But for the purpose of 
_this_ discussion, which is about the _visual prettyness_ of a vertical 
presentation of completion candidates compared to other software (and 
therefore _not_ about what you can _do_ / how you can _interact_ with that 
completion candidates list).  And from that viewpoint Helm and Ivy are 
similar: both display completion candidates vertically at the bottom of 
the frame.  Or at least I do not see how one could say that Helm is 
_visually pretty_ and Ivy is not (or the other way around).