On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 12:35:19PM +0930, David Kettler wrote: > There are currently three mutually supportive methods of choosing from > amongst the set of hints; typing numbers, typing text or choosing the > next or previous hints in the sequence. This patch adds a fourth > method, interactive bisection; it is particularly useful when there > are a large set of hints that are not well distinguished in their > text. However, it can be awkward to use if the hinted elements are > not arranged in sequence. > > Two commands are provided; hints-bisect-forward (bound to M-down) and > hints-bisect-backward (bound to M-up). On the first use of either of > these command in a hints interaction, a step will be taken half way > through the sequence of hints. Each subsequent bisect command will > halve the step size in the chosen direction. A few bisects will > usually get you close to the desired hint. Using any of the three > other ways to choose a hint will reset the bisection. > > Inspired by Luke Gorrie's chop mode for emacs.
Why not spatial bisection? That would avoid the ordering problem and allow left/right bisect in addition to up/down. -- John Foerch _______________________________________________ Conkeror mailing list [email protected] https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/conkeror
