-;;;_. icomplete.el - minibuffer completion incremental feedback
+;;; icomplete.el --- minibuffer completion incremental feedback
;; Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; indicated within the minibuffer itself, with each successive
;; keystroke.
-;; See 'icomplete-completions' docstring for a description of the
+;; See `icomplete-completions' docstring for a description of the
;; icomplete display format.
;; See the `icomplete-minibuffer-setup-hook' docstring for a means to
;; customize icomplete setup for interoperation with other
;; minibuffer-oriented packages.
-;; To activate icomplete mode, simply load the package. You can
-;; subsequently deactivate it by invoking the function icomplete-mode
-;; with a negative prefix-arg (C-U -1 ESC-x icomplete-mode). Also,
-;; you can prevent activation of the mode during package load by
-;; first setting the variable `icomplete-mode' to nil. Icompletion
-;; can be enabled any time after the package is loaded by invoking
-;; icomplete-mode without a prefix arg.
+;; To activate icomplete mode, simply add the following to .emacs:
+;; (icomplete-mode)
+;; You can subsequently deactivate it by invoking the function
+;; icomplete-mode with a negative prefix-arg (C-U -1 ESC-x
+;; icomplete-mode). Also, you can prevent activation of the mode
+;; during package load by first setting the variable `icomplete-mode'
+;; to nil. Icompletion can be enabled any time after the package is
+;; loaded by invoking icomplete-mode without a prefix arg.
;; This version of icomplete runs on Emacs 19.18 and later. (It
;; depends on the incorporation of minibuffer-setup-hook.) The elisp
;; package. I particularly have to credit Michael Cook, who
;; implemented an incremental completion style in his 'iswitch'
;; functions that served as a model for icomplete. Some other
-;; contributors: Noah Freidman (restructuring as minor mode), Colin
+;; contributors: Noah Friedman (restructuring as minor mode), Colin
;; Rafferty (lemacs reconciliation), Lars Lindberg, RMS, and others.
;; klm.
;;;_* Provide
(provide 'icomplete)
+
+(defgroup icomplete nil
+ "Show completions dynamically in minibuffer."
+ :prefix "icomplete-"
+ :group 'minibuffer)
+
;;;_* User Customization variables
-(defvar icomplete-compute-delay .3
+(defcustom icomplete-mode nil
+ "*Non-nil enables incremental minibuffer completion.
+As text is typed into the minibuffer, prospective completions are indicated
+in the minibuffer.
+You must modify via \\[customize] for this variable to have an effect."
+ :set (lambda (symbol value)
+ (icomplete-mode (if value 1 -1)))
+ :initialize 'custom-initialize-default
+ :type 'boolean
+ :group 'icomplete
+ :require 'icomplete)
+
+(defcustom icomplete-compute-delay .3
"*Completions-computation stall, used only with large-number
-completions - see `icomplete-delay-completions-threshold'.")
-(defvar icomplete-delay-completions-threshold 400
- "*Pending-completions number over which to apply icomplete-compute-delay.")
-(defvar icomplete-max-delay-chars 3
- "*Maximum number of initial chars to apply icomplete compute delay.")
-
-;;;_* Initialization
-;;;_ = icomplete-minibuffer-setup-hook
-(defvar icomplete-minibuffer-setup-hook nil
+completions - see `icomplete-delay-completions-threshold'."
+ :type 'number
+ :group 'icomplete)
+
+(defcustom icomplete-delay-completions-threshold 400
+ "*Pending-completions number over which to apply icomplete-compute-delay."
+ :type 'integer
+ :group 'icomplete)
+
+(defcustom icomplete-max-delay-chars 3
+ "*Maximum number of initial chars to apply icomplete compute delay."
+ :type 'integer
+ :group 'icomplete)
+
+(defcustom icomplete-show-key-bindings t
+ "*If non-nil, show key bindings as well as completion for sole matches."
+ :type 'boolean
+ :group 'icomplete)
+
+(defcustom icomplete-minibuffer-setup-hook nil
"*Icomplete-specific customization of minibuffer setup.
This hook is run during minibuffer setup iff icomplete will be active.
\(setq resize-minibuffer-window-max-height 3))))
will constrain rsz-mini to a maximum minibuffer height of 3 lines when
-icompletion is occurring.")
+icompletion is occurring."
+ :type 'hook
+ :group 'icomplete)
+
+
+;;;_* Initialization
;;;_ + Internal Variables
-;;;_ = icomplete-mode
-(defvar icomplete-mode t
- "*Non-nil enables incremental minibuffer completion (see \\[icomplete-mode].")
;;;_ = icomplete-eoinput 1
(defvar icomplete-eoinput 1
"Point where minibuffer input ends and completion info begins.")
minibuffer completion.")
(add-hook 'icomplete-post-command-hook 'icomplete-exhibit)
-(defvar icomplete-show-key-bindings t
- "*When non-nil, show key bindings as well as completion for sole matches.")
-
(defun icomplete-get-keys (func-name)
"Return strings naming keys bound to `func-name', or nil if none.
Examines the prior, not current, buffer, presuming that current buffer
alternatives)
close-bracket-prospects)))))))
+(if icomplete-mode
+ (icomplete-mode 1))
+
;;;_* Local emacs vars.
;;;Local variables:
;;;outline-layout: (-2 :)