Re: [elpa] master 567ea7e 1/3: Ivy-mode now works better with `find-file'

[Oleh Krehel]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> Seems very complex for just returning a (short) list of strings.
>
> The set of files or the set of Info nodes (which can appear in any file)
> can't conveniently be treated as "a (short) list of strings".
>
>> Why doesn't this work for `Info-read-node-name-1':
>>     (setq collection (all-completions "" collection predicate))
>
> I don't understand the question.  AFAIK it does work.  It just doesn't
> return every possible node name, since there's pretty much an infinite
> supply (if you include those that can be accessed via Tramp, for example).
>
>>     (setq collection (funcall collection "" nil t))
>
> Indeed (funcall collection "" pred t) should be equivalent to
> (all-completions "" collection predicate) when `collection' is a function.
> If you see otherwise, we have a problem.

You can try the current ivy-mode code in elpa. It uses this for functions:

    (all-completions "" collection predicate)

And it does't work with Info. I tried also with helm-mode, it doesn't
work either.

Oleh