swiper 0.6.0

0.6.0

Fixes

swiper-avy should use only the current window

Not all windows. See #117.

fix wrap-around for ivy-next-line

See #118.

swiper-avy should do nothing for empty input

See #50.

ivy-alt-done should require TRAMP if necessary

See #145.

swiper-query-replace shouldn't miss the first occurrence

See #144.

swiper should not deactivate mark

ivy-mode should not switch to TRAMP for certain input

See #145.

counsel-find-file should work better with TRAMP

"/ssh:foo" should not be cut off
See #145.

counsel-find-file supports Windows drive letters

See #155.

counsel-file-file should work better with files that contain "~"

See #157.

counsel-M-x should respect ivy-format-function

See #150.

counsel-git-grep should position better on exit

See #153.

ivy-mode should re-scale text to minibuffer height

See #151.

counsel-unicode-char should use action-style call

See #160.

ivy-read should allow % in prompt string

See #171.

ivy-call should execute in proper window

See #176.

New Features

ivy-mode

1. Open an Info file on the file system

When in Info-mode, press g and select either "(./)" or "(../)" to
switch to file name completion. That file will be opened with Info.
2. Account for minibuffer-depth-indication-mode

If you have minibuffer-depth-indication-mode on, the minibuffer
prompt will indicate the current depth.
See #134.
3. Add fuzzy matching function

To enable fuzzy matching, set your ivy-re-builders-alist accordingly:

(setq ivy-re-builders-alist
      '((t . ivy--regex-fuzzy)))

See #136.

See also #142 for toggling fuzzy matching with C-o m.
4. case-fold-search optimization

Bind case-fold-search to t when the input is all lower-case:

• input "the" matches both "the" and "The".
• input "The" matches only "The".

See #166.
5. Allow to see the candidate index a la anzu via ivy-count-format

To have this feature, use something like this:

(setq ivy-count-format "(%d/%d) ")

See #167.

You can also set this to nil, if you don't want any count, see #188.
6. Allow to add additional exit points for any command

Example for ivy-switch-to-buffer:

(ivy-set-actions
 'ivy-switch-buffer
 '(("k"
    (lambda (x)
      (kill-buffer x)
      (ivy--reset-state ivy-last))
    "kill")
   ("j"
    ivy--switch-buffer-other-window-action
    "other")))

After this:

• use M-o k to kill a buffer
• use M-o j to switch to a buffer in other window

You can always use M-o o to access the default action. When there is
only one action, M-o does the same as C-m.

See #164.

counsel-describe-function and counsel-decribe-variable

1. Add a binding to look up the symbol in info

Press C-, to look up the symbol in info, instead of the default
describe action.
See #121.
2. Handle symbol-at-point better in non-Elisp buffers

See #126.

ivy-switch-buffer

1. New face ivy-virtual

See #129.
2. Deal better with invisible buffers

See #135.
3. Add custom keymap

You can customize ivy-switch-buffer-map.

See #164.
4. Add extra actions

Add a kill-buffer action, and switch-to-buffer-other-window action.

counsel-git-grep

1. Add Async

Make it fully async: the process git grep will be killed and
restarted on new input. This results in almost no keyboard delay.
2. Own history variable

swiper

1. Own history variable

Having own history variable allows to get more use of M-p, M-n and C-r.

counsel-el

1. Switch to action-style call

This allows to make use of C-M-n and C-M-p.

counsel-locate

1. Add Async
2. Add extra actions

In addition to the default action of opening a file add:

• xdg-open action
• dired action

Press M-o or C-o to access these actions.
3. Add own history

API

1. Add :matcher

A matcher is a function that accepts a regexp and a list of candidates
and returns the filtered list of candidates.

The default matcher is basically cl-remove-if-not + string-match.
If you'd like to customize this, pass your own matcher.

See counsel-git-grep-matcher for an example.
2. Allow to customize the initial input for all commands

Customize ivy-initial-inputs-alist for this.
See #140.
3. ivy-sort-functions-alist should also examine this-command
4. :dynamic-collection is now a boolean

Pass the collection function as the second var instead.

New Commands

ivy-call

Execute the current action for the current candidate without exiting
the minibuffer. Bound to C-M-m or M-RET or C-o g.

counsel-find-file

Forward to find-file with Ivy completion.

ivy-next-line-and-call as well as ivy-resume should work for this command.

The variable counsel-find-file-ignore-regexp allows to ignore
certain files, like dot files. Input a leading dot to see all files.

The variable counsel-find-file-at-point allows to automatically use
ffap. You also can do it manually with M-n when the point is on a file name.

The variable counsel-find-file-map allows to customize the
minibuffer key bindings for this command.

Recommended binding:

(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-f") 'counsel-find-file)

You can peek at files with C-M-n and C-M-p.

See #122 and #123.

See #152 about M-n, M-p and M-i switching directories when necessary.

ivy-recentf

Find a file on recentf-list.

Note that if your set ivy-use-virtual-buffers, recentf-list is
merged into candidates list for ivy-switch-buffer. But if you want
it separately, you can use this command.

See #124.

ivy-yank-word

Add word at point to minibuffer input.

This is similar to what C-w does for isearch. However it's bound
to M-j instead of C-w, since C-w is bound to kill-region - a
useful command.

See #125.

counsel-M-x

Forward to execute-extended-command with Ivy completion.
The candidate list will also display the key binding for each bound command.

This command will piggyback on smex for sorting, if smex is installed.

Use counsel-M-x-initial-input to customize the initial input for
this command. By default, it's "^" - the regex character that
indicates beginning of string. This results in much faster matching,
since you usually type the command name from the start.

See #136 and #138.

hydra-ivy

Press C-o to toggle the Hydra for Ivy.
It gives access to shorter bindings and many customizable options.

Use C-o > to grow the minibuffer.
Use C-o < to shrink the minibuffer.

See #151.

ivy-toggle-calling

Toggle executing the current action each time a new candidate is selected.

This command is bound to C-o c.

To explain how this is useful: C-M-m C-M-f C-M-f C-M-f is equivalent to C-o cjjj.

ivy-insert-current

Inserts the current candidate into the minibuffer.

Press M-i if you want something close to the current candidate. You
can follow up with an edit and select.

I find this very useful when creating new files with a similar name to
the existing file: C-x C-f M-i + a bit of editing is very fast.

See #141.

counsel-load-theme

Forward to load-theme with Ivy completion. Allows to rapidly try themes (e.g. with C-M-n).

ivy-reverse-i-search

Allow to recursively match history with C-r.

I like this command from bash shell. The usual way to search through
history is with M-p and M-n. Using ivy-reverse-i-search will
open a recursive completion session with the current history as the
candidates.

counsel-rhythmbox

Control Rhythmbox from Emacs.

ivy-dispatching-done

Select an action for the current candidate and execute it. Bound to M-o.

Some commands that support M-o:

• counsel-rhythmbox
• counsel-describe-function
• counsel-describe-variable
• ivy-switch-buffer
• counsel-locate

counsel-org-tag

Forward to org-set-tags with Ivy completion.

Selecting any tag each time will toggle it on/off.
The current list of selected tags will be displayed in the prompt.

See #177 and #91.

counsel-org-tag-agenda

Forward to org-agenda-set-tags with Ivy completion.
See #177.

counsel-ag

Interactively ag using Ivy completion.

counsel-recoll

Use recoll with Ivy completion.
See Using Recoll desktop search database with Emacs.

Install recoll with sudo apt-get install recoll.

swiper-from-isearch

Start swiper from the current isearch input.

ivy-immediate-done

Use this command to exit the minibuffer choosing not the current
candidate, but the current text. Bound to C-M-j or C-u C-j.

See #183.