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flexible, simple tools for minibuffer completion in Emacs

This repository contains:

Ivy, a generic completion mechanism for Emacs.

Counsel, a collection of Ivy-enhanced versions of common Emacs commands.

Swiper, an Ivy-enhanced alternative to isearch.

Ivy

MELPA

Ivy is a generic completion mechanism for Emacs. While it operates similarly to other completion schemes such as icomplete-mode, Ivy aims to be more efficient, smaller, simpler, and smoother to use yet highly customizable.

To try Ivy, just call M-x ivy-mode. This will enable generic Ivy completion, including specific completion for file and buffer names.

Installation

Install the ivy package from MELPA / GNU ELPA.

Documentation

Manual

The manual is available as HTML.

After installing from MELPA, the manual is also available through the (ivy) Info node.

The source file for the Info page is here.

Wiki

Ivy and Swiper wiki is here: the wiki.

Small config example

(ivy-mode 1)
(setq ivy-use-virtual-buffers t)
(setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
(global-set-key "\C-s" 'swiper)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c C-r") 'ivy-resume)
(global-set-key (kbd "<f6>") 'ivy-resume)
(global-set-key (kbd "M-x") 'counsel-M-x)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-f") 'counsel-find-file)
(global-set-key (kbd "<f1> f") 'counsel-describe-function)
(global-set-key (kbd "<f1> v") 'counsel-describe-variable)
(global-set-key (kbd "<f1> l") 'counsel-find-library)
(global-set-key (kbd "<f2> i") 'counsel-info-lookup-symbol)
(global-set-key (kbd "<f2> u") 'counsel-unicode-char)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c g") 'counsel-git)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c j") 'counsel-git-grep)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c k") 'counsel-ag)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x l") 'counsel-locate)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-S-o") 'counsel-rhythmbox)
(define-key minibuffer-local-map (kbd "C-r") 'counsel-minibuffer-history)

Counsel

ivy-mode ensures that any Emacs command using completing-read-function uses ivy for completion.

Counsel takes this further, providing versions of common Emacs commands that are customised to make the best use of ivy. For example, counsel-find-file has some additional keybindings. Pressing DEL will move you to the parent directory.

Swiper

MELPA

Swiper is an alternative to isearch that uses ivy to show an overview of all matches.

swiper.png

A helm version of swiper is also available: swiper-helm.

Screenshots

ivy-swiper-1.png

There's also a ten minute video demo.

Frequently asked questions

Q: How do I enter an input that matches one of the candidates instead of this candidate? Example: create a file bar when a file barricade exists in the current directory.

A: Press C-M-j. Alternatively, you can make the prompt line selectable with (setq ivy-use-selectable-prompt t).

Contributing

Please see the guidelines for reporting issues and opening pull requests.

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