Questions and answers related to the Icicles library for Emacs
Questions and answers related to the Icicles library for Emacs: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles
Questions tagged [icicles]
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In emacs, make dabbrev-expand only do partial completions like minibuffer-expand?
Currently, in C-mode, if I start typing a word such as:
namespace_module_
dabbrev-expand will cycle through a million full completions of this identifier...
namespace_module_typea_foo
namespace_module_typea_bar…
bgutt3r
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How to make an intricate multi-buffer search?
In Python's regex dialect (correct terminology?) we have (?<=...) which can be used to narrow down searches with respect to what precedes a given pattern.
Trying this on Emacs to perform some intricate multi-buffer searching e.g. search only those…
Bleeding Fingers
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Extended command by regexp?
In Emacs - is there a way I can search an extended command by regex right in the minibuffer? That is - I want to filter commands by regexp and then choose the one I need using IDO or Icicles.
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Emacs: number-or-marker-p error
Some times when I mess up with icicles, dired, sunrise commander or some other guy -
number-or-marker-p
error pops up - and it nearly blocks emacs - no query-find-replace works, no ido any more. The only way - is to restart emacs. Does any body…
Adobe
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How to select more than one buffer for an Icicle Multibuffer search
1) launch: Search->Icicles->+Search Buffers
2) Input my regex
3) Iclcles presents the buffer Completions with my buffers listed.
How do I select more than one?
Thanks
Mike
Mikef
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emacs icicles delete selection mode
When I turn on icicles mode in emacs, it kinda mess up delete-selection-mode.
After copied some text, if I try to yank it into a highlighted region, instead of replace that region, it will append at the end of the region. I say kinda because, I…
sudo
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Abbrev proxy candidates in emacs icicles
I'm trying to use icicle-command-abbrev to reduce the amount of typing that I do. I have proxy candidates enabled (setq icicle-add-proxy-candidates-flag t), (I can also enable them with C-M-_ but, for some reason, I can never get ff to match…
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Icicles find file in project
How can you find a file in a project (defined as everything under a single directory) using Icicles in Emacs? The feature I am looking for is similar to that offerred by the Projectile package.
The documentation mentions that this is possible, but…
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Search and Replace in Emacs with Icicles
I've been using Emacs for a while now and am trying out Icicles. When I run the sequence of commands
C-c`\([a-z]*\)
S-TAB
C-| x\1y
it transforms the scratch buffer from
;; This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.
;;…
Qudit
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How to backspace into a partial completion in emacs icicles
When using emacs (24.3) with icicles, if I do something like
M-x find-file foo
the *Completion* buffer pops up and I can cycle through completions. In the minibuffer "foo" is now underlined (I think because of Icicle Match…
xubio
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Finding files using icicles in Emacs under Windows 7
The short version of the question: how can I get icicles to search usefully for files in directories and subdirectories, even if only given a partial match of the filename?
EDIT: The short answer is to use icicle-locate-file in the top level of your…
SlowLearner
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emacs icicle dabbrev completion
I would like to use dabbrev completion in icicles as mentioned in the following page.
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Completion_in_Other_Buffers
If user option `icicle-top-level-key-bindings’ contains an entry for
‘dabbrev-completion’…
Rajendran T
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How can I change icicle-search-context-regexp variable in Emacs3 icicles
I'd like to use icicle-comint-search in shell-mode, but it used to be failed with error message like this
byte-code: No search contexts for `\^\[\^#\$%>
]\*\[#\$%>] \*\\S-\.\*'
Of course my shell prompt in zsh does not meet that regular expression.…
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loading icicle-mode in emacs on startup by default
I would like to configure emacs so that the Icy mode is active by default. As suggested in "icicles-doc1.el", I added the following code at the end of my .emacs file:
(require 'icicles)
(icicle-mode 1)
When I run emacs, I get a *Warning*…
Brian Z
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whitespace-mode in minibuffer?
Is there a way I can turn on whitespace-mode in a minibuffer? I'm not sure I'll stick to it - but sometimes I need it. I tried to add-hook all the M-x apropos RET minibuffer hook RET:
(mapc
(lambda (language-mode-hook)
(add-hook…
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