RE: How to select one of the buffers that match a substring in "switch-to-buffer"?

["KARR, DAVID" <dk068x@att.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drew Adams [mailto:drew.adams@oracle.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:05 AM
> To: KARR, DAVID; help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: RE: How to select one of the buffers that match a
> substring in "switch-to-buffer"?
> 
> > "iswitchb", but I think that's been deprecated...
> > Is there any way to get the "old and enhanced" behavior?
> 
> `icomplete-mode' is the official replacement for `iswitchb', AFAIK.
> 
> Icicles completion will also give you what you want.  Likewise,
> `ido-mode'.  Also, in the scenario you described (vanilla `C-x b'),
> you can type some more chars to continue completing (with TAB).

I already have icomplete enabled.  It's useless if you've typed a substring that doesn't represent the start of the file name.

Icicles appears to be closer to what I need.  I'll have to use it a bit more so my fingers remember whether this gives me what iswitchb gave me before.