Emacs Init: Ido Mode
This page describe ido in Emacs 27 (Released 2020-08)
if you are on Emacs 28 (Released 2022-04), i recommend Emacs: fido-mode for Name Completion
Make Ido Display Vertically
You can setup Ido Mode to display choices vertically, and turn on flex match.
![emacs ido mode 2021-07-20](i/emacs_ido_mode_2021-07-20.png)
Put this in your Emacs Init File:
(progn ;; make buffer switch command do suggestions, also for find-file command (require 'ido) (ido-mode 1) ;; show choices vertically (if (< emacs-major-version 25) (setq ido-separator "\n") (setf (nth 2 ido-decorations) "\n")) ;; show any name that has the chars you typed (setq ido-enable-flex-matching t) ;; use current pane for newly opened file (setq ido-default-file-method 'selected-window) ;; use current pane for newly switched buffer (setq ido-default-buffer-method 'selected-window) ;; big minibuffer height, for ido to show choices vertically (setq max-mini-window-height 0.5) ;; )