ido mode flex matching

ido mode flex matching

[Florian Lindner]

Hello,

I have ido enabled like that:

(ido-mode t)
(ido-everywhere 1)
(setq ido-enable-flex-matching t)
(setq ido-file-extensions-order '(".tex"))

Now given the case I have two files named basecouplingscheme.cpp and 
basecouplingscheme.hpp. I want to open the latter.

I enter "bashpp" which filters to just these two files. But the cpp file is 
still the first in order. Yes, it finds all the letters 
BAScouplingsHeme.cPP. But for me the hpp file should be the stronger match, 
since ido can find two groups (BAS and HPP) which match, not three groups 
(BAS, H and PP).

First question: Do you get my problem? ;-)
Second question: Can I set ido like that?
Disable flex matching is not the way to go, I really love that 
functionality.

Best Regards,
Florian

Re: ido mode flex matching

[Emanuel Berg]

Florian Lindner <mailinglists@xgm.de> writes:

> First question: Do you get my problem? ;-)

Yes. An alternative solution to configuring ido is:

1. Short filenames that are easy and fast to type.

2. Different directories for different file types.

3. Type, type, and type.

And: Shortcuts to jump between the most frequently used
files.

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Re: ido mode flex matching

[Óscar Fuentes]

Florian Lindner <mailinglists@xgm.de> writes:

[snip]

> First question: Do you get my problem? ;-)
> Second question: Can I set ido like that?
> Disable flex matching is not the way to go, I really love that 
> functionality.

Try this:

https://github.com/lewang/flx

It is much better than flex and should do what you want.