RE: [gmane.emacs.help] Info-mode and ido

[Drew Adams]

> > It would be best if a new customizable option called
> > `Info-completing-read-function' were defined, with 
> > 'completing-read as its default value.  Then the code
> > could just do:
> >
> >   (funcall Info-completing-read-function ...)
> >
> > I do this in all of the Emacs Lisp code I touch which uses
> > completing-read.
> 
> I think it would be better to create a new `completing-read-function'
> variable like already existing `read-file-name-function' and
> `read-buffer-function'.

Yes, that is what I proposed in thread "proposal - minibuffer completion
functions". One significant advantage is that all code that calls
`completing-read' while the binding is in effect can then take advantage of the
custom reading behavior.