Version 3.9.4 of package Helm has just been released in NonGNU ELPA. You can now find it in M-x list-packages RET.
Helm describes itself as: ==================================================== Helm is an Emacs incremental and narrowing framework ==================================================== More at https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/helm.html ## Summary: This is just a wrapper for helm-core.el and a place holder we ## Recent NEWS: 1 NEWS ══════ 1.1 Version 3.9.4 ───────────────── 1.1.1 Add two new alists to allow extending completions-detailed ╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌ This allows providing detailed completions in more places, see `helm-completing-read-extra-metadata` and `helm-completing-read-command-categories`. They are not provided as user variables as it may be tricky to provide the corresponding affixations functions. As of now we have detailed completions in describe-function/variable/symbol/command/package, find-function/variable, switch-to-buffer, customize-variable/group, package-(vc)install, package-vc-checkout. 1.1.2 New helm packages manager ╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌ The old helm-elisp-package has been replaced by helm-packages. The old one was too slow, taking lot of memory and even crashing Emacs especially with last Emacs-29. 1.2 Version 3.9.3 ───────────────── 1.2.1 Ensure to use affixation functions provided by caller in helm-mode ╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌ 1.3 Version 3.9.2 ───────────────── 1.3.1 New progress bar for Rsync action from helm-find-files ╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌ 1.3.2 Describe-* commands with completions-detailed are now fast ╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌ 1.3.3 Use Wfnames package as dependency to replace Wdired ╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌ 1.4 Version 3.9.1 ───────────────── 1.4.1 helm-config file has been removed ╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌ Therefore (require 'helm-config) will return an error, don't use this anymore. If installing from source use instead (require 'helm-autoloads), otherwise from a package install, the autoloads file will be automatically loaded. 1.4.2 Allow using helm-completion-styles-alist by command ╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌ 1.4.3 New mode for editing large vars ╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌ Will be used automatically when using the set variable action from helm-apropos. 1.4.4 Improve all-the-icons in many places ╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌
