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RE: Moving from Ido to Icicles
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Drew Adams |
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RE: Moving from Ido to Icicles |
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Mon, 3 Nov 2014 23:23:30 -0800 (PST) |
> I use icicles with recentf, it works very nicely, as you might
> expect. I also use icicles to navigate bookmarks (bookmark+) which
> then gives us best of all worlds.
> See http://www.emacswiki.org/Icicles_-_Bookmark_Enhancements
>
> I was a big ido fan, but converted to icicles mainly for superior
> tag navigation.
I was on vacation for a few days, but here is a belated reply, to
add a bit to what Will mentioned. (And yes, bookmarks are a good
way to access frequently used files.)
1. Yes, `icicle-recent-file' is a multi-command that makes use of
library `recentf.el' to give you access to recently used files.
It uses multi-completion, so you can match (1) the (absolute)
file names, (2) the file contents, or both. With a prefix arg,
the candidates have a third multi-completion part, in the middle:
(3) the date of last modification - so you can match any
combination of name, date, and contents.
(If you use a prefix arg when you act on an individual candidate,
then you visit that file in read-only mode. This includes
when you act on all matching candidates, i.e., open them all.)
2. Another way to access a persistent history of visited files
is to use library `savehist.el'. You can customize option
`savehist-additional-variables' so that it includes
`file-name-history'.
Files visited in previous Emacs sessions are then available
using `M-p' during file-name completion. With Icicles you can
complete against elements of the minibuffer history (e.g.,
`file-name-history'). You can use `M-h' or `M-pause' to do
this (they behave differently). Completion is handier than
repeating `M-p' or `M-r'.
See http://www.emacswiki.org/Icicles_-_History_Enhancements