[PATCH] another possible behavior for ido-enter-matching-directory
From:
Matthieu Moy
Subject:
[PATCH] another possible behavior for ido-enter-matching-directory
Date:
Wed, 9 Aug 2006 00:24:28 +0530
Hi,
We had a discussion a few months ago about the behavior of ido when one types a slash.
I'm still not satisfied by the current bevavior. In particular, I often have directories like:
./XXX/
./XXX-aaa/ ./XXX-bbb/ ./XXX-ccc/
Then, at the prompt, I get
./XXX/{XXX-aaa,XXX-bbb,XXX-ccc,XXX}
and I have no "fast" way to open XXX itself, while it would have been trivial to open it without ido.
I propose a new possible value for ido-enter-matching-directory, which enters the directory when there is an exact match, whether or not it's the first. In the case above, I type the slash after having typed XXX
which is the exact name of a directory, so we enter this directory. If we want to open another directory, we have to type some more characters before typing the slash. Below is a patch implementing this.
--- ido.el.orig +++ ido.el @@ -742,11 +742,15 @@ If value is 'first, enter first matching sub-directory when typing a slash. If value is 'only, typing a slash only enters the sub-directory if it is the only matching item.
+If value is 'exact, enter the directory if it is an exact match (even + if there are other possibilities and even if the match is not the + first choice). If value is t, automatically enter a sub-directory when it is the only
matching item, even without typing a slash." :type '(choice (const :tag "Never" nil) (const :tag "Slash enters first directory" first) (const :tag "Slash enters first and only directory" only)
+ (const :tag "Slash enters directory on exact match" exact) (other :tag "Always enter unique directory" t)) :group 'ido)