Re: Strange ido-mode behaviour

[Thomas Hisch]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Jambunathan K <address@hidden> wrote:
> Thomas Hisch <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Thorsten <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hallo list,
>>> I used ido-mode quite a while with emacs23 for finding files, and was
>>> very satisfied. Now, after changing to emacs24 [GNU Emacs 24.0.93.1
>>> (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10) of 2012-02-07 on arch]
>>> ido somehow tries to be too smart when I want to find a non-existing
>>> file (when I want to create a new file).
>>> Ido uses the word under or near point and immedeatly starts a search
>>> in the file-system for a file with a similar name. I don't even have the
>>> opportunity to do C-f and then type the name of the new file without any
>>> ido interference.
>>> Maybe I missed something in the configuration, but creating a new file
>>> with ido-mode enabled is a bit painfull now.
>>> cheers
>>> Thorsten
>>
>> I would also like to know a solution for this ido 'problem' ...
>
> Does bumping up the value of `ido-auto-merge-delay-time' work for you?

It's an ugly solution but it works, thx!