Re: OK, so I've thrown Ido out and turned on Icicles. What now?

[H. Dieter Wilhelm]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> > Now I'll try to read the quide on the wiki, in small part, and
>> > replace my Ido habits with Icicles-related ones.
>> 
>> Interesting.  It would be nice, if you could follow-up this thread
>> with your findings after a while..
>> 
>> PS: As far as I checked (default) Ido worked only for files and
>> buffers.
>
> 3rd-party Ido library `ido-ubiquitous.el' mitigates this.
> https://github.com/technomancy/ido-ubiquitous
>
>> And its keybinding RET clashed with (default) icomplete-mode.  I
>> switched Ido off because it confused my small brain.  Is Icicles in
>> this respect somehow smoother?
>
> Dunno.  Ido mode is incompatible with Icicle mode.  But you can
> get behavior somewhat similar to that of Ido while in Icicle mode.
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Ido_and_IswitchB.  Not
> that I recommend that.
>
> Anyway, Icicles is compatible with Icomplete mode (and with IswitchB).

That is good to know, thanks


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H. Dieter Wilhelm
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