From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: tomer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: basic using icicels Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 23:51:24 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <5eed0732-7732-481c-a2e8-2aa85e968c03@56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com> References: <86652b00-63b5-4ac6-b0ae-5b4ab34d440f@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220427636 7945 80.91.229.12 (3 Sep 2008 07:40:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 07:40:36 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 03 09:41:31 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KamzZ-0000b1-Ny for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:41:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53365 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kamya-00012c-I7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:40:28 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 63 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.235.33.45 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1220424684 28271 127.0.0.1 (3 Sep 2008 06:51:24 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:51:24 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: 56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com; posting-host=212.235.33.45; posting-account=NuEtcAoAAADUxiHpeF0Pumy7gc4ekCfm User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:161863 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:57206 Archived-At: On Sep 2, 7:46=A0pm, "Drew Adams" wrote: > > > > Is it possible to complete zero length string with icicles > > > > in other words , is it possible to have in the completion > > > > buffer ALL the words avaialbe in ALL buffers and from there > > > > starting filtering ? > > > > Not sure what you mean, exactly. > > > But yes, if you type nothing in the minibuffer when it asks > > > for completion input, and you then hit TAB or S-TAB, you > > > should get all available completion candidates. This is a > > > common action - it's how you see all possible candidates. > > > If you type something, then what you type filters the > > > possible candidates; otherwise, you see them all. > > > > However, I don't know what you mean by the last part: "ALL > > > the words available in ALL buffers". =A0Minibuffer completion > > > is available for lots of different kinds of object (buffer > > > name, file name, function name, search hit,...). What is the > > > context here? What command are you using? > > > > It sounds like you want to complete a word (in a buffer > > > other than the minibuffer), using the words that are present > > > in all buffers as candidates. Is that correct? Are you > > > referring to `C-M-/', which (in Icicle mode) is > > > `icicle-dabbrev-completion'? If so, use `C-h k C-M-/' to see > > > the description of this command. In that description, you see > > > that `C-u C-u C-M-/' uses all words > > > from all buffers as candidates. (`C-h k' is your friend.) > > > Thanks for the detailed answer. > > first off all, thanks for this amazing extention. > > it is dream come true . > > > you are correct for my intention but i didnt understand the solution. > > > i want to use dabbrev of icicle and also to see ALL words in ALL > > buffers in the completion list. > > the use for this is obvious , suppose i do remeber only the middle of > > word that exist in other buffer. > > > in my current situation i dont know how to "tell" icicle to show all > > words in all buffers without a prefix. > > > if i use icicle-dabbrev-completion with no prefix i get the message " > > no dynamic exit" > > the same message occur with c-u c-u icicle-dabbrev-completion. > > I understand now. The Icicles version of `C-M-/', like the vanilla Emacs > version, required you to have a non-empty prefix as a starting point, eve= n > though you could then use apropos (e.g. substring) completion to choose a= mong > the candidate completions. > > I've changed this to accommodate your expectation, which was reasonable. = You can > now complete immediately even from an empty string (e.g. at the beginning= of a > buffer). Try the latest version. HTH.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - where can i find the latest version . (could you give a link)?