Relationship to Ido / What's it all about?

[Dave Abrahams]

I find myself somewhat in the same situation as the author of this ticket, who was directed to post here instead.  He already asked all the right questions.  Can anyone answer?

Thanks

[Thierry Volpiatto]

Hi,

Dave Abrahams <da...@boostpro.com> writes:

> I find myself somewhat in the same situation as the author of this ticket<https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/issues/45>,

> who was directed to post here instead. He already asked all the right
> questions. Can anyone answer?

The best is you first start playing with helm to have an idea of what it
is.
I suggest you start with:
helm-M-x
helm-buffers-list
helm-find-files

Once started you will have an embeded documentation (look mode-line to
learn how to launch it)

Basically helm display a list of candidates which is narrowed as soon as
you type in minibuffer prompt, hitting TAB show you a list of actions
you can execute on one or more (marked) candidates.

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[Le Wang]

To answer your question in the subject, helm is orthogonal to Ido.
You would not use both.

The best thing to do is probably make a short 5 minute intro screen
cast Emacs Rocks style. I kind of have it on my radar, but it's not
likely to get done any time soon.

Other than that, it is hard to figure out helm for new users starting
just with the documentation available.

Sorry. But trust me, it's useful. :)

[Dave Abrahams]

on Sun Oct 28 2012, Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Dave Abrahams <da...@boostpro.com> writes:
>
>> I find myself somewhat in the same situation as the author of this
>> ticket<https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/issues/45>,
>> who was directed to post here instead. He already asked all the right
>> questions. Can anyone answer?
> The best is you first start playing with helm to have an idea of what it
> is.
> I suggest you start with:
> helm-M-x
> helm-buffers-list
> helm-find-files
>
> Once started you will have an embeded documentation (look mode-line to
> learn how to launch it)
>
> Basically helm display a list of candidates which is narrowed as soon as
> you type in minibuffer prompt, hitting TAB show you a list of actions
> you can execute on one or more (marked) candidates.

Great, simple enough! Why isn't that at the top of the README?

Thanks,

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