ido-mini/README.md

ido-mini

A helm-mini in ido

Ido's -

• smarter sorting
• snappier speed meets helm-mini's -
• informatively-colored candidates list ()
• convenience of a single command to swich to buffers, open recentf files, and create new buffers.

Plus, some improvements of its own -

1. If a recentf entry is already visited by a buffer, put the entry at the end of the (recentf?) candidates list.
2. (planned) tweak ido-mini-use-paths to search and display not just buffer names but also their file paths, wherever applicable.
3. (planned) show documentation of functions from smex, akin to C-j in helm-M-x

Key customization

IMPORTANT

In Ido, key customization is sadly NOT done the usual way. Instead, you write a function to change keybindings (you want to use ido-completion-map) and add that to `ido-setup-hook'. See section 'Customization' in (find-library "ido")

TODO

1. When called twice in succession, quit ido-mini
2. color the matched substring in the candidates?
3. store only search terms in input history, not the selected buffer names/file paths
4. Mimic exact C-j (ido-select-text) and RET behaviour (ido-exit-minibuffer)
5. What if we search for files (perhaps only in user-specified directories, when provided) when there are no matches in the buffer list as well as in recentf?
6. Add animated
7. Add indicator if flx-ido-mode is enabled
8. Add tests

Thanks

Thanks to wilfredh for the initial code that got me started - https://gist.github.com/Wilfred/31e8e0b24e3820c24850920444dd941d