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Martin Fowler On Completion And Ivy

If you’ve been around Irreal for a while, you know that I’m a hug fan of abo-abo’s Swiper/Ivy/Counsel package. Its minibuffer completion system means that if I can get anywhere near the name of a command I’m trying to run … Continue reading

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Ivy Completions

John Kitchin has a new video up on his Scimax Channel. The video’s theme is Ivy’s completion mechanism. It doesn’t seem like there would be a lot to say but, of course, there’s plenty. Kitchin begins by explaining completing-read, a … Continue reading

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Ivy To Selectrum

I’ve written many times how important the Ivy/Counsel/Swiper package is to my workflow. Other than Org-mode, it is the most important package in my Emacs panoply. Even so, it does so much that I don’t make use of all its … Continue reading

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Reverse i-search With Ivy

As I’ve written many times, one of my most used and useful packages is abo-abo’s Ivy/Counsel/Swiper suite. Happily, he is always tweaking it, making it better with each iteration. He latest tweak rethinks the reverse i-search command (Ctrl+r) used in … Continue reading

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Ivy, Swiper, and Counsel Gain a New User

Yesterday, I wrote about abo-abo’s recent enhancements to the Ivy UI. After I wrote that post, I saw this tweet: Yesterday I moved from my Ido & smex based workflow to ivy, sniper, and counsel. Transitioning was mostly smooth, and … Continue reading

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Ivy and Directories

Abo-abo posts that he has made some usability enhancements in Ivy directory handling. If you’re like me, Ivy is a fundamental part of your workflow. As abo-abo says, the original idea was simple: provide a list of strings and a … Continue reading

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Ivy, Counsel, and Swiper

As regular Irreal denizens know, I’m a huge fan of the Ivy/Counsel/Swiper suite and consider it one of my two most important packages (along with Org mode, of course). If you aren’t already using it, you should stop what you’re … Continue reading

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Ivy 0.10.0

Abo-abo has released Ivy 0.10.0. It’s the result of 8 months work and has several new features. One that I like, is that you can force acceptance of your input when you’re on the first candidate by scrolling up to … Continue reading

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Ivy Occur Customizations

I really like ivy-occur and the way you can take a list of Ivy completion candidates and put it in a separate buffer that you can manipulate in any of the usual Emacs ways. The easiest way to use it … Continue reading

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Ivy Selection Algorithms

Today I learned that a capability I’ve often wished for already exists. As I’ve written many times, I use the Ivy/Counsel/Swiper package for my searching and selection needs. Although it took me a day or two to get used to … Continue reading

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