Re: Include which-key.el in the Emacs distribution

[Tim Cross]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> Corwin Brust <corwin@bru.st> writes:
>
>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 3:41 PM Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ergus <spacibba@aol.com> writes:
>>>
>>> > I really love which-key but enabling it by default for everyone could be
>>> > a bit premature. Maybe adding a very easy to find option in the toolbar
>>> > could be a better first step?
>>> >
>>> > So the ones (like me) who love it can improve it until it becomes ready
>>> > to be default without the complains if the other who doesn't.
>>>
>>> Yes, we should definitely make any necessary improvements before
>>> considering to make it the default.  I believe that's what Stefan M was
>>> also arguing, so I see no disagreement on that point.
>>>
>>
>> Hi all.  Having `which-key' available in core remains popular, at least on 
>> IRC.
>>
>> Now that it is available from GNU Elpa I wonder what is left to do and
>> if there appears hope of including it with Emacs 29.
>
> My first question is why it should be added to the core, given that it
> can be installed with a single command OOTB?  My impression from using
> (and seeing other people use) which-key would have me say that the UX it
> provides goes contrary to the "style" that core functionality uses
> traditionally (what other cases are there where not doing something
> modifies the window configuration, the closes commonly used
> functionality would be eldoc that displays information in the
> minibuffer).
>
> What I would be more interested in is to add optional support for C-h to
> continue a command prefix, so that if I want to know what keys a keymap
> provides, I can request it immediately without waiting for the idle
> timer to trigger a often too small popup window, without loosing the
> partial input.

Sounds like you would find Embark better than which-key.

While Embark takes more effort to configure, it gives you very similar
functionality as which-key, but provides a lot more and can provide
powerful integration/enhancements for completion frameworks like vertico
or selectrum.