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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 20:49:18 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Cc: ghe@sdf.org, rudalics@gmx.at, spacibba@aol.com,
>   monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, andreyk.mad@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> That separate window, as separate and important subject, is opened
> during completion process is great feature and I hope icomplete will
> adopt it.

I very much doubt that icomplete will do it, because it goes against
its design principles.

> Helm completion does not complete in mini buffer. One can write
> anything in the mini buffer so words are not expanding in the
> minibuffer. Instead person is making choice in the separate window. I
> hope you see that.

Granted, I do see it, I just think that this is not the Emacs
look-and-feel I'm accustomed to, this is utterly different.  If you
are lobbying for this to become the default, be prepared for an uphill
battle, because it calls for a totally different typing methods, and I
expect many old-timers to dislike the difference.