From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:56:53 -0500 Message-ID: References: <871u1iuuel.fsf@yandex.ru> <878uvpxydi.fsf@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1386903437 28822 80.91.229.3 (13 Dec 2013 02:57:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 02:57:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stephen Eglen , chad , Emacs-Devel devel To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 13 03:57:21 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VrIwL-00021y-IE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Dec 2013 03:57:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39697 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VrIwL-0007xF-7R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:57:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46379) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VrIwB-0007x2-Nk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:57:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VrIw2-0004Da-U0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:57:11 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:35427) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VrIw2-0004DP-PU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:57:02 -0500 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.DIT.UMontreal.CA (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id rBD2urGx028116; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:56:54 -0500 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 13330AE350; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:56:53 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <878uvpxydi.fsf@yandex.ru> (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Fri, 13 Dec 2013 04:45:13 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4790=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9362 : core <4790> : inlines <319> : streams <1089930> : uri <1622376> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:166362 Archived-At: > 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