Re: Is mcomplete.el still relevant?

[Tassilo Horn]

Sohail Somani <sohail@taggedtype.net> writes:

>>>      Do you know how to get ido fuzzy matching with helm? This is my
>>>      current issue :)
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what this is.  Best to ask Thierry on github.  (and
>>> explain what you mean while you're at it).
>>
>> Not that anyone asked me, but in a way fuzzy matching is one of the
>> main reasons I use Emacs. You type a _non-contiguous_ string of
>> letters, and ido-mode (or whatever else), gradually narrows the
>> possible matches down to one. That (plus the way emacs fills in the
>> blanks for you at the M-x prompt) made me realize that "usability"
>> and swooshy window animations are quite unrelated concepts. I saw a
>> variable called `ido-everywhere' and though, "yes please!".
>
> So yeah, I just saw ido-everywhere too. Thanks!
>
> But still doesn't work with helm. Le sigh...

Helm always uses regexp matching which is more powerful/exact but
probably less convenient than fuzzy matching.  But there seems to be a
customization option to influence matching a bit.  You may want to
fiddle around with that.

,----[ C-h v helm-mp-matching-method RET ]
| helm-mp-matching-method is a variable defined in `helm-match-plugin.el'.
| Its value is multi3
| 
| Documentation:
| Matching method for helm match plugin.
| You can set here different methods to match candidates in helm.
| Here are the possible value of this symbol and their meaning:
| - multi1: Respect order, prefix of pattern must match.
| - multi2: Same but with partial match.
| - multi3: The best, multiple regexp match, allow negation.
| - multi3p: Same but prefix must match.
| Default is multi3.
| 
| You can customize this variable.
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Bye,
Tassilo