Re: menu system in recent Emacs?

[Stefan Reichör]

Eric Schulte <address@hidden> writes:

> Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Wed, 02 May 2012 20:52:35 +0200 Tassilo Horn <address@hidden> wrote: 
>>
>> TH> Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:
>> TZ> What's a good multiple-choice menu library in Emacs?
>>
>> TH> What about the `widget' library which is used by customize?
>>
>> That's nice for UI work, but really complicated for just choosing one of
>> 3-10 options, and it doesn't pop up a temporary buffer like `tmm-prompt'.
>>
>
> You may not want to (require 'org), but the following is my favorite
> multiple-choice prompt.
>
>   (org-icompleting-read
>    "Pick a color: "
>    '("red" "white" "blue" "black" "brown"))

There is also ido - it shows all candidates:

  (ido-completing-read
   "Pick a color: "
   '("red" "white" "blue" "black" "brown"))


Stefan.