Resp.: trying out icicles

["glauber M4" <smade4@gmail.com>]

>> on trying icicles persistent sets i can only access then with
>> a C-x b which is bound to icicle-buffer (that is after i have
>> defined and saved a named set (project)), is this right,
>> i thought i could access then by the means of C-x C-f but it
>> doesnt seem to work.
>
> I'm not sure I understand you.
>
You understood yes.

> You can define any set of completion candidates, of any type, as a "saved
> completion set". This tells how:
> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles_-_Candidate_Sets
>
> You can save any such set persistently (when you create it or later). This tells
> how:
> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles_-_Persistent_Completions. (If a
> "saved set" is not saved persistently, it is saved in a variable.)
>
> You can retrieve any saved set (persistent or not) during completion for any
> type of object (see the first URL for how). It makes sense to retrieve a set
> only in a context where you can complete to names of objects of the type in the
> set. For example, you could retrieve a set of command names when doing
> buffer-name completion, but that wouldn't make much sense. In that context, it
> makes sense to retrieve a set of buffer names. (You can have as many saved sets
> as you like.)
>
> Emacs file-name completion is special. The completion candidates are relative to
> the current `default-directory'; they are not absolute file names. If you save a
> set of these, it will look like this: ("foo.el" "bar.txt" "titi.el"). If you
> retrieve such a candidate set when you are completing (e.g. with `C-x C-f'),
> then you had better be in a directory that has such files, or else you will be
> opening new files there with those names.
>
> Icicles has two commands that do file-name completion differently from this.
> They use absolute file names, so you can complete against any parts of the full
> name (path). These commands are `icicle-locate-file' and `icicle-recent-file'
> (plus `*-other-window' versions). If you save a set of completion candidates
> when you use these commands, you save absolute file names. And the files whose
> names you save need not be in the same directory. Example set:
> ("/projects/alpha/foo.el" "/projects/beta/foo.el" "/usr/local/whatever/titi.c").
> This is what you want to do to create project file sets for different purposes.
>
> If you save a set of buffer names when you use `icicle-buffer', the result is a
> list of buffer-name strings, e.g. ("foo.el" "*Compile-Log*" "*grep*"). You can
> retrieve this during file-name completion (e.g. `C-x C-f'), as you mentioned,
> but unless you somehow have a buffer name that is an absolute file name, you
> will have the same problem as for a set saved during `C-x C-f' (see above).
>
> If you do have a saved set of absolute file names, you can retrieve it during
> `C-x C-f'. That will work, even though `C-x C-f' uses relative names itself as
> completion candidates. That is, even if the current `default-directory' is
> unrelated to the directories in the saved absolute file names, the correct files
> will be opened: an absolute file name means the `default-directory' is ignored.
> (This is standard behavior for `C-x C-f'.)
>
> If what I describe above is not what you see, and you think what you're seeing
> is a bug, then please file a bug report: `M-x icicle-send-bug-report'.
      I guess it is a bug, if i have a saved set and do a C-x C-f, C-{,
RET(to select the last set saved), I can even see the set of files that
was stored and if i click on them using the mouse before typing anything
they are going to open, but as soon as i type anything they disappear,
even if i type something like * to match everything no go, while they
keep and stay on the C-x b, but you are right it is kind of pointless
doing it cause the better you will get is a buffer named
/abal/alfjlk/anmlakjs/blakjsdf assuming that was the name of the
filepath+file, not the real file, anyway it is a great feature, I'm
going to send this bug report, I'm using latest icicles with latest
emacs.Except for this issue everything else you described is working
like you said.

cheers,

glauber.


2008/8/19, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>:
>> on trying icicles persistent sets i can only access then with
>> a C-x b which is bound to icicle-buffer (that is after i have
>> defined and saved a named set (project)), is this right,
>> i thought i could access then by the means of C-x C-f but it
>> doesnt seem to work.
>
> I'm not sure I understand you.
>
> You can define any set of completion candidates, of any type, as a "saved
> completion set". This tells how:
> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles_-_Candidate_Sets
>
> You can save any such set persistently (when you create it or later). This
> tells
> how:
> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles_-_Persistent_Completions. (If
> a
> "saved set" is not saved persistently, it is saved in a variable.)
>
> You can retrieve any saved set (persistent or not) during completion for any
> type of object (see the first URL for how). It makes sense to retrieve a set
> only in a context where you can complete to names of objects of the type in
> the
> set. For example, you could retrieve a set of command names when doing
> buffer-name completion, but that wouldn't make much sense. In that context,
> it
> makes sense to retrieve a set of buffer names. (You can have as many saved
> sets
> as you like.)
>
> Emacs file-name completion is special. The completion candidates are
> relative to
> the current `default-directory'; they are not absolute file names. If you
> save a
> set of these, it will look like this: ("foo.el" "bar.txt" "titi.el"). If you
> retrieve such a candidate set when you are completing (e.g. with `C-x C-f'),
> then you had better be in a directory that has such files, or else you will
> be
> opening new files there with those names.
>
> Icicles has two commands that do file-name completion differently from this.
> They use absolute file names, so you can complete against any parts of the
> full
> name (path). These commands are `icicle-locate-file' and
> `icicle-recent-file'
> (plus `*-other-window' versions). If you save a set of completion candidates
> when you use these commands, you save absolute file names. And the files
> whose
> names you save need not be in the same directory. Example set:
> ("/projects/alpha/foo.el" "/projects/beta/foo.el"
> "/usr/local/whatever/titi.c").
> This is what you want to do to create project file sets for different
> purposes.
>
> If you save a set of buffer names when you use `icicle-buffer', the result
> is a
> list of buffer-name strings, e.g. ("foo.el" "*Compile-Log*" "*grep*"). You
> can
> retrieve this during file-name completion (e.g. `C-x C-f'), as you
> mentioned,
> but unless you somehow have a buffer name that is an absolute file name, you
> will have the same problem as for a set saved during `C-x C-f' (see above).
>
> If you do have a saved set of absolute file names, you can retrieve it
> during
> `C-x C-f'. That will work, even though `C-x C-f' uses relative names itself
> as
> completion candidates. That is, even if the current `default-directory' is
> unrelated to the directories in the saved absolute file names, the correct
> files
> will be opened: an absolute file name means the `default-directory' is
> ignored.
> (This is standard behavior for `C-x C-f'.)
>
> If what I describe above is not what you see, and you think what you're
> seeing
> is a bug, then please file a bug report: `M-x icicle-send-bug-report'.
>
>
>