Icicles and Emacs [was: buffer for unopened file?]

[Drew Adams]

> By the way, there was work on integrating Icicles into Emacs 23
> proper.  What is the current status, will it be included in the code
> base?

No, Icicles won't be added to Emacs. Perhaps someday some of its features
will inspire similar features for Emacs. Perhaps not.

Actually, a few of the minor features have been added, such as allowing text
properties for completions. None of the major features have been adopted or
adapted.

If you are interested, this is the discussion thread:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-06/msg00482.html.
That's the first message of the thread, and this is the last:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-07/msg00186.html.