Questions tagged [completing-read]
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How can I ask a user to choose from a list of options, while showing her a long list with extra metadata?
I'm writing a package which connects to a remote server for a game.
I want to show the list of players, along with their score, and let the player choose one of the players.
I thought of using ...
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Read a sentence with completion for words from a collection
Suppose we have a collection of descriptions like this:
("procedural" "functional" "high-level" "low-level" "statically-scoped" "dynamically-scoped")
Suppose that we have a database of programming ...
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Using thing-at-point as initial input for bookmark-jump with bookmark+ and helm mode
I am using bookmark+ and helm mode.
Debugging a large Fortran code base, I have created some bookmarks that has the same name as some of the Fortran subroutines. Now, I would like to put the cursor ...
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Accept unmatched input in completing-read when using helm
In helm, when executing following code:
(let ((things (list "a" "aa" "aaaa")))
(completing-read "Thing: " things))
... how can I exit the minibuffer and return "aaa"?
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Using ido completion for selecting a repository for magit
I like to use ido for completing file paths and helm for all other things. I have tried setting magit-completing-read-function to magit-ido-completing-read. This doesn't change magit-status behaviour ...
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How can I modify the prompt of another command?
How can I modify the prompt of another interactive command without copy-pasting too much?
Can I override only the interactive form?
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How can I create custom menu prompts in elisp?
I have two elisp functions:
$ cat ~/myelisp/myoptions.el
(defun get-my-name (arg)
"Prompt user to enter a string, with input history support."
(interactive
(list
(read-string "Enter your ...
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defun completion and region
Is it possible to write a function with completion that act on region?
A mix of:
(defun function-style (style)
(interactive
(list
(completing-read "Style: " styles-list)))
...
And
(...
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Completing read a directory or an element from a list
I'm making some functions to interact with Mercurial. Many Mercurial commands take a repository as an argument, and that argument can be specified either by a path to the root of the repository or by ...
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Complete using match in middle of string - work with pop-up list?
I'm trying to use auto-complete to match in the middle of a string (after the characters ::). I'd like to typing a then hit tab and have the list of candidates appear 'in full' e.g. fruit::apples, ...
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Configure helm--completing-read-default to pick the top match
I have the variable completing-read-function set to helm--completing-read-default. When an external package invokes completing-read, this gives helm-based completion. However, the default item picked ...
