Helm
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| Description | incremental completion and selection narrowing framework |
|---|---|
| Author | Thierry Volpiatto |
| Maintainer | Thierry Volpiatto |
| Source | https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm |
Helm is an incremental completion and selection narrowing framework for Emacs. It will help steer you in the right direction when you're looking for stuff in Emacs (like buffers, files, etc).
Helm is a fork of anything.el originally written by Tamas Patrovics and can be considered to be its successor. Helm sets out to clean up the legacy code in anything.el and provide a cleaner, leaner and more modular tool that's not tied in the trap of backward compatibility.
Basic setup
Install with MELPA
Helm is packaged in MELPA, so: M-x package-install RET helm RET
and you're ready to try every helm command you like. You don't know where to start ? Run helm-swoop or helm-buffers-list now !
Manual install
(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/helm/directory")
(require 'helm-config)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c h") 'helm-mini)
Helpful keybindings
- [C-n]
- Move to next helm suggestion.
- [C-p]
- Move to previous helm suggestion.