Questions tagged [completing-read]
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Docstring explaining how to use interactive function with completing-read
I want to write a docstring that explains how completing-read works, but cannot find a good description on how one can move from one option to another.
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Passing numeric value to a function
I have got the following function but want to pass a numeric mode even if completing-read asks for a string.
(defun mycompany (mode)
"Enables or disables company text completion in buffer."...
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see virtual/recent buffers when switching with fido
I've switched from ido to fido and I'm missing the feature of being able to open recently closed buffers that ido-mode provided with ido-use-virtual-buffers. I spent a lot of time searching for how to ...
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Using function both as interactive command and in elisp code
I am trying to understand the use of the interactive and the intern commands so I can use a function both within an interactive context and an elisp context.
Require some explanation of how intern is ...
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Initial input for completing-read
With the following function using "completing-read", how can one add a default initial input to be Convert. What can I do?
(defun subset ()
"Convert or extract subsets of data."
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Find-file, but instead of showing file-names to select, show file content (html tag)
I'm attending a conference, and I have downloaded all abstracts so I can read them offline. They are all html files with the same structure.
The files are numbered according to abstract submission ...
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Completion to set style
I have the following function, where I would like to use completion to set the style. But the way I have done does not reset the style using M-x rk-bracemk-companion.
(defcustom rk-bracemk-...
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Allowing user input for opening and closing brackets
The following code selects a string with two delimiters from the predefined list stored in delimiter-strings. The first delimiter being the opening bracketing mark, the second delimiter being the ...
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Command that accepts a string and a selected region
Would like to have a function that selects a string (from a list or from a user-defined string, using the mini-buffer) and a selected region.
User would input (), [], {} specifying the opening and ...
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How can I exit completing-read with the current string instead of a completion with fido?
Consider the following code:
(fido-mode 1)
(let ((answer (completing-read "Please enter nothing: " '("Something"))))
(if (string= answer "")
(message "You ...
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Variant of read-regexp that shows matching string candidates upon TAB
I'm looking for an extension of read-regexp, that given an additional parameter of completion candidates, shows the matching subset of these candidates in the minibuffer, when tab is pressed. Similar ...
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Getting text input into ivy completing read
I know that I can get previous selections of ivy with ivy-history. But is there any way to get what was actually input into the search before choosing a match?
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Use completing-read to call arbitrary function
How can one pass a list of (arbitrary) functions to completing-read and run the selected candidate? Something like this:
(defun find/buffer ()
(interactive)
(completing-read "Chose one: &...
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Completing read with must-match and cannot be null
The function completing-read permits the user to simply press the enter key without selecting a match against the list of valid choices:
(let* ((completion-ignore-case t)
(client (completing-...
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Selecting a directory like counsel-find-file
I would like to write a function that would prompt the user to select a directory, using an UI like that presented by counsel-find-file.
The starting directory should be an arbitrary directory passed ...
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User input - How to use predefined list
While there are org-templates creating entire bullet points with content, what I am looking for is a simple user query (similar to read-string) where the user can use a pre-defined list of words/...
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Close completing-read dialog before continuing
I've written an elisp script to automate the process of taking screenshots. The script uses maim and imgur.sh. Not really important however. Here is the code:
;;; ../../.local/share/git/dotArch/....
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How to prompt user for tags and use the result in a org-ql-search function?
Is there a way to read tags with completion from the user in the same way read-number or read-string allows?
I would like to have a custom function defined where I ask the user for a tag (or list of ...
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How to use ivy to navigate named locations of a buffer?
Given a list of (point-number . title-text), how can ivy be used to show this in a list in ivy?
I have code which uses completing-read to do this (see link).
This can use ivy since it extends ...
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How to include buffer-file-name in completing-read [duplicate]
I can use completing-read to choose from several items like this:
(completing-read
"Complete a foo: "
'(("apple" 1) ("barfoo" 2) ("elk" 3) ("foobar2" 4)) ;; collection of choices
nil t )
But the ...
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How to tell Ivy to use completing-read-default for specific command? (org-tags-view, in particular)
Ivy (+swiper +counsel) is very cool and I use it constantly for an ever growing number of tasks. But there are some cases in which the requirements of a certain completion task defeats Ivy's logic. ...
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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)))
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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 ...
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