Version 0.8.3 of package Transient has just been released in GNU ELPA. You can now find it in M-x list-packages RET.
Transient describes itself as: ================== Transient commands ================== More at https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/transient.html ## Summary: 1 Transient command menus ═════════════════════════ Transient is the library used to implement the keyboard-driven “menus” in [Magit]. It is distributed as a separate package, so that it can be used to implement similar menus in [other packages]. [Magit] <https://github.com/magit/magit/> [other packages] <https://melpa.org/#/transient> 1.1 Some things that Transient can do ───────────────────────────────────── • Display current state of arguments • Display and manage lifecycle of modal bindings • Contextual user interface • Flow control for wizard-like composition of interactive forms • History & persistence • Rendering arguments for controlling CLI programs 1.2 Complexity in CLI programs ────────────────────────────── ## Recent NEWS: # -*- mode: org -*- * v0.8.3 2025-01-03 - Added new constant ~transient-version~. 3022f6d5 * v0.8.2 2025-01-01 - Added support for displaying the transient menu in a dedicated frame. bf58c0bb - When including a group via a variable, the imported value can now be a top-level group. eebcbe30 - The transient window is now fitted to its buffer horizontally as well. fd9811ea - Added new command ~transient-copy-menu-text~. 042f37aa - Added new command ~transient-toggle-docstrings~. 52679f98 - Added new command ~transient-describe~, which can be bound as many times as needed to show help for arbitrary things. 5a18a791 Bug fixes: - The use of ~display-buffer-full-frame~ was prevented too aggressively. 5353464b - Fixed remembering and restoring the old value of the ~no-other-window~ window parameter. de984302 - When a command is bound multiple times and the instances use different transient behavior, then the behavior (and color) for the last binding was used for all bindings. fe71a7e7, a99dcda9 - Enabling ~transient-force-single-column~ resulted in an error. 28347e59 - ~transient-toggle-common~ used to exit the menu. 98c01b84 * v0.8.1 2024-12-08 Bug fixes: - Interactively setting the level of a transient prefix resulted in an error. #337. * v0.8.0 2024-12-06 - While the minibuffer is in use, the menu window is now hidden by default. The new option ~transient-show-during-minibuffer-read~ not only controls whether the menu stays visible while the minibuffer is in use, but also whether it may be resized if necessary. This new option replaces ~transient-hide-during-minibuffer-read~. #330 - When returning to a prefix whose ~refresh-suffixes~ slot is non-nil, its suffixes are now re-initialized. #327 - Added documentation for ~inapt-if*~ slots to manual. 179545a6 - ~transient-args~ and ~transient-scope~ now both take a prefix command or a list of prefix commands as argument. ~transient-scope~ can still be called without an argument, but that should only be done in functions that take part in setting up a menu, not in a suffix command. - Added new generic function ~transient-prefix-value~, giving finer control over how the value returned by ~transient-args~ is determined. - Added support for implementing ~transient-init-scope~ methods for prefix classes. - ~transient-setup-buffer-hook~ is now run later to allow overriding more default settings. - The new prefix slots ~display-action~ and ~mode-line-format~, can be used to override ~transient-display-buffer-action~ and ~transient-mode-line-format~ for individual prefix menus. #332 - Updated the manual considerably. Bug fixes: - Fixes some menu navigation edge-cases. * v0.7.9 2024-11-04 Bug fixes: - Fixed a recent regression in ~transient-suffix-object~. #325 - The height of the transient window was fixed even it used the full frame height. 5478d4e6 * v0.7.8 2024-11-02 - Additional potential mistakes in menu definitions are now detected. bbda5bb6, 8873c300 - Added new (and still experimental) ~environment~ prefix slot, which can be used to, for example, implement a cache to be used while refreshing the menu. 05c011b8 - When navigating through the menu using the keyboard or hovering a suffix command with the mouse, information about the command is now shown in the echo area or using a tooltip. #282 Bug fixes: - When the command that exits a transient uses the minibuffer, ~transient-current-*~ variables were not immediately reset to ~nil~. #323 - Key sequences with three or more events broke ~transient-suffix-object~. #324 * v0.7.7 2024-10-04 Bug fix: - Fix a regression introduced by the previous commit, which broke dynamic prefixes that use a ~:setup-children~ function to prepare their suffixes. #313 * v0.7.6 2024-10-01 - ~transient-active-prefix~ now accepts a single prefix symbol, in place of a list of such symbols. #307 - ~other-frame-prefix~ and ~other-window-prefix~ can now be used while a ... ...
