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Re: Fast completion with visible cue?
From: |
Kim F. Storm |
Subject: |
Re: Fast completion with visible cue? |
Date: |
27 Aug 2004 12:33:47 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 |
Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:
> > Try ido-mode.
>
> Thanks! This seem to be icomplete-mode, but for C-x C-f.
>
> However, I see two major problems:
>
> * It changes how file completion work. When I type ~/sr and press TAB
> it scroll in the file *Ido Completion* buffer while displaying 'Find
> file: ~/sr{SRC/ | CVSROOT | .cvsrc | .newsrc | .newsrc.eld }' in the
> minibuffer. It doesn't complete the input to ~/src/, which is the
> only matching entry.
You accept the current (first) choice with RET, not TAB.
Actually, "sr" occurs as a substring in all of the listed entries,
so there are more than one "matching entry".
You can customize ido-enable-prefix to only match on the first part of
file names. Personally I find this too inflexible, once you get used
to the default non-prefix mode.
You can also customize ido-enable-flex-matching to get even more
flexible matching, e.g. to select help.txt, you can enter e.g. htx
>
> * While the 'Find file: ~/{file | foo | bar | ... }' display,
> occupying up two three lines of the minibuffer by default, may be
> useful for experts, I think normal users will become afraid when
> they see it. My original idea would only display one suggested
> filename, which seems friendlier.
Customize ido-max-window-height to 1.
>
> > With that, you have several options here:
> >
> > 1) Since ido remembers the directories you have been editing, it
> > puts the most recent directory as the first choice for completion:
> >
> > C-x C-f ~/pro RET RET RET RET ... RET
>
> Yes, I understand now how it wants me to use it. But I think this is
> a too big user interface change to be on by defaul.t
I have it as the default (with flex matching), and it makes C-x C-f
MUCH MUCH MUCH faster once you get used to it.
>
> > 2) Since ido remembers the files you work on, this may also work:
> >
> > C-x C-f help.txt M-s RET
>
> It worked sometimes, but seemed a bit fragile.
True, but it works most of the time...
--
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk
- Re: Fast completion with visible cue?, (continued)
Re: Fast completion with visible cue?, Jan D., 2004/08/27
Re: Fast completion with visible cue?, Kim F. Storm, 2004/08/27