Turns out that the patch was simple enough. Only 3 lines of code in ido.el
needed to change. Now to figure out how to submit a patch :'(

-Steven


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>wrote:

> >> >> it might be interesting to change icomplete.el such that it can
> >> >> display the completions using a tooltip frame
> [...]
> > These ideas seem like overkill.
>
> I didn't mean it as "the solution to your local problem".
>
> I just think it's a good idea in itself, and your request reminded me of
> it.  Such a "completion list in a frame/box" is already implemented in
> a few different ways for auto-complete/company-mode.
>
> > The current technique ido-mode uses is great,
>
> Agreed, it's very lightweight yet effective.  And the trick you use to
> display it "one per line" is neat and works surprisingly well (I was
> afraid it would cause the text to jump around too much).  I'd welcome
> a patch that makes it work for icomplete-mode as well.
>
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>         Stefan
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