Questions tagged [ido-find-file]
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How to speed up ido-use-filename-at-point 'guess on large directories
I ran into an issue of C-x C-f being very slow when guessing the filename at
point if the file at point is located in a large directory (119765 entries).
My ido configuration:
(require 'ido)
(setq ido-...
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How to fallback to $HOME if Tramp failed to connect to default-directory
If I call find-file from a buffer with default-directory pointing to a remote server via TRAMP and the remote server is not reachable, then TRAMP complains:
tramp-signal-hook-function: Tramp failed ...
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How to open full path of a file in ido-find-file?
I am looking to open a full path as fast as possible.Using ido-find-file makes it difficult. When I apply ido-find-file, following line show up.
Find file: ~/folder/work
Here I have a full path(ex: /...
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ido-find-file how to prevent `In this buffer, type RET to select the completion near point.` message to show up
I keep seeing following at the top of the buffer when I do: ido-find-file.
In this buffer, type RET to select the completion near point.
Possible completions are:
Would it be possible to prevent ...
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How can I specify the maximum number of windows
I like to work with two windows split horizontally or vertically. However, when I try to use C-x 4 f (ido-find-file-other-window) when I already have two windows, it will split one of my windows so I ...
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C-x C-f Problem:
When i want to create a new file with C-x C-f (ido-find-file), and type main.lua, Emacs does not create a new file in the current directory (default-directory). Instead, it visits an existing main....
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Global `C-x C-f` binding is overridden
I don't like ido-find-file, which seems to be the default response to C-x C-f in my Emacs 23.1.1 installation on Centos. I tried to change it in my .emacs file:
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-f"...
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ido-mode breaks docker-tramp completion in minibuffer, and opens wrong files
Somehow the following minimal emacs config breaks docker-tramp. Completion in the mini-buffer does not work for /docker:, nor the container ids/names like /docker:43893ad331df, and once you type out ...
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Equivalent to `ido-find-file` functionality for ivy/counsel?
I really like how ido-find-file, if it can’t find a file matching your string (and you’ve let it idle for like a second), will search your whole home directory for files matching that string, and then ...
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How to stop ido-find-file/ido-switch-buffer prioritising the current buffer/file?
For example, if I have a Test.cpp and a Test.h and one of them is open, ido-find-file will often suggest the already-open one first if I type "Test". Likewise when both are open and the current buffer ...
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Icicle: After load icicles the ido mode is gone?
windows 10, emacs 26.1, icicles
Before Icicles when I type C-x C-f is show list of folders/files in ido mode. And it's very comfortable for me.
But after I install Icicles and turn on icy-mode the ...
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ido-enabled find-file does not match an existing file name when I yank file name and directory
I enabled IDO mode in my emacs (version 25.2.1, Linux) and now I am trying to open a file.
I am in the directory ~/foo .
The file is ~/foo/baz/bar.cpp and it does exist.
I have baz/bar.cpp in my ...
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IDO mode: How to go to beginning of line in minibuffer?
When using IDO mode when I start searching for files it always begins in the working directory of my current file.
Usually I like this, however, if I want to search in a significantly different ...
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ido-find-file: typing "//" triggers loading of tramp
When using M-x``ido-find-file and typing "//" via keyboard in the minibuffer, some hook or function is triggered which starts loading the tramp package.
Which tramp function is triggered and how to ...
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Fuzzy search for directory when you don't know the full directory name
Say I want to find a directory like:
foo/bar/bazz/bar/directory_name_looking_for/stuff.xml
And I don't know the intermediate directory paths, or the full directory name, but remember that the ...
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