This patch makes ido.el slightly more configurable.
In particular, when using ido-decorations that make ido-mode display vertically (per
http://emacswiki.org/emacs/InteractivelyDoThings#toc20), a pair of decorations are being used in two different places with two different meanings, even though by happenstance they look the same. This patch splits them out into two different pairs of decorations (which currently have the same value), allowing the user to customize them with greater precision.
diff --git ido.el ido2.el
index cda4021..dfb5b0a 100644
--- ido.el
+++ ido2.el
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ Obsolete. Set 3rd element of `ido-decorations' instead."
:type '(choice string (const nil))
:group 'ido)
-(defcustom ido-decorations '( "{" "}" " | " " | ..." "[" "]" " [No match]" " [Matched]" " [Not readable]" " [Too big]" " [Confirm]")
+(defcustom ido-decorations '( "{" "}" " | " " | ..." "[" "]" " [No match]" " [Matched]" " [Not readable]" " [Too big]" " [Confirm]" "[" "]")
"List of strings used by ido to display the alternatives in the minibuffer.
There are 11 elements in this list:
1st and 2nd elements are used as brackets around the prospect list,
@@ -4570,9 +4570,9 @@ For details of keybindings, see `ido-find-file'."
(ido-name (car comps))))
""
;; when there is one match, show the matching file name in full
- (concat (nth 4 ido-decorations) ;; [ ... ]
+ (concat (nth 11 ido-decorations) ;; [ ... ]
(ido-name (car comps))
- (nth 5 ido-decorations)))
+ (nth 12 ido-decorations)))
(if (not ido-use-faces) (nth 7 ido-decorations)))) ;; [Matched]
(t ;multiple matches
(let* ((items (if (> ido-max-prospects 0) (1+ ido-max-prospects) 999))
So, now that I've said everything that can probably be said on the topic, how do I go about submitting this patch for review to the official emacs repo? Does this email count? Or maybe someone in here knows how to do it in like 3 seconds flat and wouldn't mind?