Is Ivy worth having?

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  • selectrum

    🔔 Better solution for incremental narrowing in Emacs.

  • Vertico is an even ligherweight solution than Selectrum and gives you the bare minimum. I've been using it for a few days and it's been excellent. I'd say start with either Selectrum or Vertico, and then you can switch to Ivy if something's not to your liking. As it stands, you'll experience less janky behavior with either Selectrum of Vertico (in my experience) and so might have a more pleasant time.

  • vertico

    :dizzy: vertico.el - VERTical Interactive COmpletion

  • Vertico is an even ligherweight solution than Selectrum and gives you the bare minimum. I've been using it for a few days and it's been excellent. I'd say start with either Selectrum or Vertico, and then you can switch to Ivy if something's not to your liking. As it stands, you'll experience less janky behavior with either Selectrum of Vertico (in my experience) and so might have a more pleasant time.

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • helm

    Emacs incremental completion and selection narrowing framework (by emacs-helm)

  • Some other "upgraded versions of commands" are listed here: https://emacs-helm.github.io/helm/#helm-applications. See that many of the descriptions say "enhanced". For example, Helm's version of find-file is described here: https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/wiki/Find-Files.

  • icomplete-vertical

    Global Emacs minor mode to display icomplete candidates vertically

  • Helm commands only work in Helm. Ivy and Counsel commands only work in Ivy. Consult commands work in Selectrum, Vertico, Icomplete Vertical, and maybe some other interfaces. That's all I meant. Of course, that only matters if you don't wish to use Helm or Ivy.

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