Select what you typed rather than the completion in ido-mode

Jason — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:18:13 +0000

Sometimes you don’t want the completion that ido is offering me in Emacs, for instance when trying to create a temporary buffer C-x C-b sometempbuffername. C-j will to get ido to accept what you typed rather than the completion.

removing historical buffer names from the ido buffer list

Jason — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 04:49:45 +0000

ido-mode in emacs has this great feature where it remembers old buffers you have had open in the past and offers then as choices when switching buffer using C-x b. The problem is that sometimes it will have names in the list you’d rather it didn’t remember. The solution is easy, simply hit C-k to instantly kill the entry under point.

ido – Diary of an Emacs tragic

Select what you typed rather than the completion in ido-mode

removing historical buffer names from the ido buffer list