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Re: [GNU ELPA] New package proposal: aggressive-completion.el


From: T.V Raman
Subject: Re: [GNU ELPA] New package proposal: aggressive-completion.el
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2021 07:21:32 -0700

Likely not worth combining this with ido then:-)

Tassilo Horn writes:
 > "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com> writes:
 > 
 > > I use ido and ido-completing-read+ and  just tried this new package, was
 > > But installing it from elpa and enabling it as documented made no
 > > perceptible difference in the minibuffer with commands like find-file,
 > 
 > Indeed, it doesn't do anything when ido is enabled.  The reason is that
 > it only adds its manchinery if `minibuffer-completion-table' is non-nil
 > which seemed to be the right thing to check that we read something
 > completable from the minibuffer.  With ido enabled, it is always nil, at
 > least for `find-file' and `switch-to-buffer'.
 > 
 > That said, I'm not sure if it would be a useful extension to enable
 > together with ido.  With ido, you already see (some) possible
 > completions, and ido also doesn't complete with stock
 > `minibuffer-complete' as `aggressive-completion-mode' does but it has
 > its own `ido-complete' which also tracks state important for ido such as
 > the current directory...
 > 
 > Bye,
 > Tassilo

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