Re: IDE

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 10/12/2015 06:02 PM, Drew Adams wrote:

> My point was that what is important is the ability to separate
> their display - not couple them in a hardcoded way.  Whether
> separate frames are used for that is a separate question, and
> less important.  (But yes, I too prefer separate frames.)

You should read the source code of Company. One can plug in a different 
frontend, and have different visualization as a result.

> Separate frames allow not only elimination of wasted space, for
> the reason you gave.  They can also be overlapped, which can be
> useful for additional space savings.  IOW, sometimes you don't
> need to see all of the contents of each frame, and you want to
> additionally see other stuff on your display at the same time.
> Frames allow great flexibility for screen real estate.

My frames are always fullscreen.

> And for a complex input pattern, which might be multiline,
> using a separate editing buffer (the minibuffer) is a plus, IMO.

Sure.

> > The user can disable the minor mode.
>
> What does that mean?  Does it (can it) display the complete doc
> string?

Everything is fine there, and the user is in control. Like I said, we 
have a separate command to display the doc in a new buffer.