Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete

[Nicolas Semrau <nsemrau@mailfence.com>]

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> From: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin@fastmail.fm>
> Sent: Fri Nov 08 18:54:00 CET 2019
> To: João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com>
> Cc: Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>, <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete
> 
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> On 06/11/2019 22:03 +0000, João Távora wrote:
> 
> > Ergus <spacibba@aol.com> writes:
> >
> >> 1) Do we really need another confusing mode (fido-mode)? instead of
> >> improve one of the already existing alternatives with just an option to
> >> use flex?
> >
> > I'm sorry you find the name confusing.  I find it appealing (it's "fake
> > ido"), but we can change it (Stefan proposed icomplete-ido-mode).
> 
> +1 for the name change, because Fido was a pre-Internet-era BBS network
> popular at least in Russia.  I was too young when it was operational,
> but even for me the name would be confusing.
> 
> Filipp
> 

I agree. Since the "FidoNet" service (often shortened to "Fido") was
popular in at least a few European countries during the 80s/90s, I was
flabbergasted for a second to read that a new fido-mode is being
added. I therefore +1 a name-change.

Greetings
Nicolas