Re: [gmane.emacs.help] Info-mode and ido

[Juri Linkov]

>> ,----[ Info-menu ]
>> | (completing-read (if default
>> |                      (format "Menu item (default %s): "
>> |                              default)
>> |                    "Menu item: ")
>> |                  'Info-complete-menu-item nil t)
>> `----
>>
>> I'm thinking that I need to replace completing-read with
>> ido-completing-read.  I have read docstring of completing-read, but
>> still can't figure it out how does it work when `collection' is
>> function, in here, 'Info-complete-menu-buffer.
>
> It would be best if a new customizable option called
> `Info-completing-read-function' were defined, with 'completing-read as
> its default value.  Then the code could just do:
>
>   (funcall Info-completing-read-function ...)
>
> I do this in all of the Emacs Lisp code I touch which uses
> completing-read.

I think it would be better to create a new `completing-read-function'
variable like already existing `read-file-name-function' and
`read-buffer-function'.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/