Re: about fido-mode

[Ergus]

On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 08:44:45PM +0000, andr�s ram�rez wrote:
> > > > > > "Ergus" == Ergus  <spacibba@aol.com> writes:
>
>
> [...]
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>    Ergus> Yes when I have some time I will (try to) go for it. (I am not a 
> prominent lisper, so It
>    Ergus> will take me a lot of time... but I have at least two years for that 
> ;p )
>
> Perhaps as with the new elpa (without copyleft). There could be a couple of
> defaults {stable, and experimental (with no backard compatibility to
> previous versions)}.
>
>
>    Ergus> Please give me some more details to reproduce. These two are working 
> fine for me.
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> 1. Y on dired-mode does not work. {Y runs the command
> dired-do-relsymlink}. I could not write the name of the symlink.
> 2. I could not use my aliases {I have a bunch of them}
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>
> About number One. it is simple. Just open the elpa directory and do Y on
> any folder. Or if You try with my snippet below then M-x dired-do-relsymlink
> You could pick 'which-key-XXXXXXXX.YYYY' and create a symlink to just
> the shorter 'which-key'.
>
> On my case when I write which-key it completes to something and does not
> let me tell just 'which-key'. Let me know If You can replicate it.
>
> About number two:
> I have retried it a few seconds ago. And it is working fine. Sorry for
> the noise.
>
>    >> 3. fido vertical mode is not on pair with ido. Some vertical misalignment
>
>    Ergus> Fido vertical is actually an external package. I am implementing an 
> internal alternative
>    Ergus> which is still in bared bones.
>
> I am testing fido this way:
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> emacs -Q -l /tmp/test-fido.el
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> This is the content of test-fido.el
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> (when (fboundp 'fido-mode)
>                       (fido-mode t)
>                         (setq icomplete-separator "\n"
>                                     max-mini-window-height 10
>                                     resize-mini-windows 'grow-only
>                                     truncate-lines t)
>
>                         )
No, this doesn't work fine, that's why I am doing the branch I
mentioned. If you want vertical fido with the external package while the
internal is ready:

https://github.com/oantolin/icomplete-vertical

> (defalias 'cc 'compile)
> (defalias 'rc 'recompile)
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>
> Best Regards