From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Will O'Brien" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Moving from Ido to Icicles Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 23:35:09 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20141101074804.1fde2b3a@zothique> <87a94a634q.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1414885429 5145 80.91.229.3 (1 Nov 2014 23:43:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 23:43:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Robert Thorpe Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 02 00:43:44 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1XkiKd-0002HT-Fx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Nov 2014 00:43:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54091 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkiKc-0003uD-LZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 19:43:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59116) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkiCO-0002zo-73 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 19:35:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkiCM-0001Cg-Ry for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 19:35:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ie0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c03::233]:50150) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkiCM-0001CQ-ML for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 19:35:10 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ie0-f179.google.com with SMTP id rl12so3383689iec.38 for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:35:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=AiZJKII4j95KPQUhlku2AvJgowxvkPpN8A1+n+a69Io=; b=IGS3xw5BQNZEFRIIX9MRrKJ6kdQoNju3EQN3vC5wY6hQnF/LF9vmeS5hVvB6qqjDQ1 bY6F/nv6/KKd9pClIjtyyxjLUQ73H9UNFixdVZPLM+K7scPaitI42a1KAd0n1c/nmoM+ psM9Q+GhhXmiwDGW0+YRbtTyhfaRCcatcvTOQbuaad3BSR+l4ECqR9qEn2idNEGToT5L MJHg3j5L+CvVrjG2gUNLAi7SWXp4MJwfYS9dfFsg1Y9PTnd/JdpVJMxYWuCp0btU+53A EMZ8b6qxcxxB2TwZx1wrbbHUGX7zRK20l4H6SDRpmpaxXf2W9K7BDkoWludlUocccDtP N6jA== X-Received: by 10.50.164.194 with SMTP id ys2mr6623314igb.35.1414884909728; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:35:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.64.59.129 with HTTP; Sat, 1 Nov 2014 16:35:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.64.59.129 with HTTP; Sat, 1 Nov 2014 16:35:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87a94a634q.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c03::233 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 19:43:32 -0400 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:100682 Archived-At: On 1 Nov 2014 21:08, "Robert Thorpe" wrote: > > Dale Snell writes: > > I can't speak for Icicles, I've never used it. Besides, that's Drew's > > job. :-) However, you might want to look into "recentf", which is a > > built-in package. It keeps a list of the most recently opened > > files. The value of defaults to sixteen, as I recall, but it > > can be changed. When you access the list (from the menu bar or from C-x > > C-r) it presents you with that list. You can then select the file > > you want to open. I've found it quite handy. > > There's more than one way to skin a cat. I tend to use bookmarks with > short names, e.g. "TR", "L", etc. for the files I access most often. > That's not practical for something like a programming project. For > cases like that you can bookmark the dired listing of the directory. In > that case a good way to access what you want is to sort the dired buffer > by date. I use Ido too, but I use bookmarks much more. > > BR, > Robert Thorpe > I use icicles with recentf, it works very nicely, as you might expect. I also use icicles to navigate bookmarks (bookmarks+) which then gives us best of all worlds. See http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Bookmark_Enhancements I was a big ido fan, but converted to icicles mainly for superior tag navigation. Cheers Will