Replacing ido with iswitchb results in not being able to get to "/c/" in Emacs

Replacing ido with iswitchb results in not being able to get to "/c/" in Emacs

[KARR, DAVID]

I was using the released version of Emacs in Cygwin 1.7.29, and I moved to the "test" version of "24.3.90.1" to test some fatal error problems.

I noticed that it complained that "iswitchb" is obsolete, so I switched to "ido", which is apparently recommended to replace it.

When I started using it, I immediately noticed a blocking problem with it.  I map "/cygdrive" to "/c" in /etc/fstab.  In Emacs, with ido, when I type "/c/", it gives me the following completion choices: "{etc/ | proc/ | cygdrive/}".  I don't know what I'm supposed to do now.  If I just continue typing the path I need, it replaces "/c/" with "/etc/", which isn't what I want.  It doesn't appear that I can get to "/c/" with ido.

RE: Replacing ido with iswitchb results in not being able to get to "/c/" in Emacs

[Drew Adams]

> I noticed that it complained that "iswitchb" is obsolete, so I
> switched to "ido", which is apparently recommended to replace it.

Actually it is Icomplete mode that is intended to replace IswitchB mode.
`C-h N' (NEWS) shows this:

  ** Obsolete packages
  +++
  *** iswitchb.el; use icomplete-mode.

(And yes, the doc string for `iswitchb-mode' mentions `ido-mode' also.)

IMO, you *should* be able to nevertheless continue to use IswitchB as
before, if you like: deprecation should not immediately remove the
functionality from the product.

However, you cannot even get the package from the GNU package archive -
it was simply removed.  You can still find it, though - here, for example:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/*checkout*/emacs/emacs/lisp/iswitchb.el

Re: Replacing ido with iswitchb results in not being able to get to "/c/" in Emacs

[Stefan Monnier]

> However, you cannot even get the package from the GNU package archive -
> it was simply removed.  You can still find it, though - here, for example:
> http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/*checkout*/emacs/emacs/lisp/iswitchb.el

?


        Stefan

RE: Replacing ido with iswitchb results in not being able to get to "/c/" in Emacs

[Drew Adams]

> > However, you cannot even get the package from the GNU package archive -
> > it was simply removed.  You can still find it, though - here, for example:
> > http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/*checkout*/emacs/emacs/lisp/iswitchb.el
> 
> ?

My bad.  It is still part of the build.  The message that came up
when I tried `M-x iswitchb-mode', plus its lack of a minor-mode
lighter, plus its not showing up in `list-packages' fooled me.
I didn't look very well; sorry.  Good to know it is still available.