From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: icomplete-mode as replacement for iswitchb Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:31:41 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415723558 27891 80.91.229.3 (11 Nov 2014 16:32:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:32:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ole Laursen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 11 17:32:32 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XoEMq-0001WL-FT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:32:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49616 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoEMp-0006jZ-Ox for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:32:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57666) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoEM9-0006DH-Rq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:31:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoEM2-00030f-CS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:31:49 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:44946) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoEM2-00030a-3R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:31:42 -0500 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id sABGVdVA027337; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:31:40 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id C34CF66100; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:31:41 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Ole Laursen's message of "Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:10:09 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV5122=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9393 : core <5122> : inlines <1512> : streams <1340717> : uri <1834261> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:176758 Archived-At: > 1) Turning on icomplete makes C-x C-f show a list of matches (despite > icomplete-show-matches-on-no-input being nil - this is a little > jarring, but I think I can get used to it) I think that's a bug. Could you M-x report-emacs bug so we don't forget it? > 2) However C-x b doesn't show any matches on no input - this breaks my > quick-switch-between-a-few-buffers-in-working-set habit (C-x b, C-s a > couple of times, RET) I guess we could change icomplete-show-matches-on-no-input so it can be set differently for different completions. > 3) RET in C-x b on a partial match means "open new buffer with partial > name" - I am trying to get used to C-j instead, but after a while I > think RET is more ergonomic in many cases because it frees you from > having to time a Ctrl press (e.g. f, o, o, RET is easier than f, o, o, > C-j) I think this will have to stay a user-config (you can change that for yourself in icomplete-mode-map). Stefan