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Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb |
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Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:56:53 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
> icomplete is less obtrusive, but ido is definitely more efficient, with
> its non-prefix and flex matching.
icomplete uses completion-styles, so it also has substring matching.
Currently, noone has ported ido's flex matching to completion-styles,
tho, indeed.
> And, in order to not have to bother with C-j for items not present in
> the existing set, with icomplete you always have type or press Tab to
> get to the desired item, maybe several times, even if the item is the
> first in the list.
icomplete-mode now has C-j to "select the first element", so you don't
need to press TAB or type anything to get to it.
Stefan
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, (continued)
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Josh, 2013/12/10
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Stefan Monnier, 2013/12/10
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Josh, 2013/12/11
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Stefan Monnier, 2013/12/11
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Stephen Eglen, 2013/12/12
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Dmitry Gutov, 2013/12/12
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Stephen Eglen, 2013/12/12
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Josh, 2013/12/12
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, chad, 2013/12/12
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Dmitry Gutov, 2013/12/12
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Dmitry Gutov, 2013/12/12
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Stefan Monnier, 2013/12/12
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Stephen Eglen, 2013/12/12
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Josh, 2013/12/12
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Josh, 2013/12/12
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Stefan Monnier, 2013/12/10
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Stephen Eglen, 2013/12/06
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Stefan Monnier, 2013/12/06
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Josh, 2013/12/06
- Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb, Stephen Eglen, 2013/12/07