From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Eglen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: icomplete-mode vs. iswitchb Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:53:11 +0000 Organization: University of Cambridge, Maths Message-ID: References: <871u1iuuel.fsf@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1386874421 9857 80.91.229.3 (12 Dec 2013 18:53:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:53:41 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 12 19:53:46 2013 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 1VrBOJ-00088G-VO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:53:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38210 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VrBOJ-0008QZ-Ky for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:53:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60574) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VrBO8-0008QI-WA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:53:40 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VrBO1-0002R2-N0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:53:32 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:57491) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VrBO1-0002Qw-GR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:53:25 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VrBNz-0007ri-8r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:53:23 +0100 Original-Received: from rgc.damtp.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.17.127]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:53:23 +0100 Original-Received: from S.J.Eglen by rgc.damtp.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:53:23 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: rgc.damtp.cam.ac.uk User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZdUPA482+13+tGrTqE+oQGj8rpM= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:166348 Archived-At: On Thu, Dec 12 2013, Stefan Monnier wrote: >>> But I have just tested this: >>> (setq ido-mode 'buffer) >>> (ido-mode 1) > > Seems to do more than iswitchb: it also change C-x C-f. yes, sorry that was my mistake; but (ido-mode 'buffers) is a drop-in replacement for iswitchb from what I can see and does not hijack find-file. > I think I'm beginning to understand the emotional response, tho: people > seem to think that putting icomplete-mode in the obsolete data is a kind > of *recommendation*, which is not the intention. > > I'll just add ido-mode in there as well, which I hope will stop the > religious hysteria. Yes, all that's needed (from my viewpoint) is to note that "(ido-mode 'buffers)" will mean iswitchb users will not see any significant changes. If they want to try out icomplete, fine (and I will try it out myself!). Stephen