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

[Juri Linkov]

>> > 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.

This change should be accompanied with a new function
ido-completing-read since the initial request was to use
ido style completion in Info-mode.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/