ido-completing-read-plus/ido-ubiquitous.el

;;; ido-ubiquitous.el --- Use ido (nearly) everywhere.

;; Author: Ryan C. Thompson
;; URL: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InteractivelyDoThings#toc13
;; Version: 0.2
;; Created: 2011-09-01
;; Keywords: convenience
;; EmacsWiki: InteractivelyDoThings

;; This file is NOT part of GNU Emacs.

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;;; Code:

(require 'ido)

;;;###autoload
(defvar ido-ubiquitous-enabled t
  "If non-nil, use ido-completing-read instead of completing-read if possible.
    
  Set it to nil using let in around-advice for functions where the
  original completing-read is required.  For example, if a function
  foo absolutely must use the original completing-read, define some
  advice like this:
    
  (defadvice foo (around original-completing-read-only activate)
    (let (ido-ubiquitous-enabled) ad-do-it))")

;;;###autoload
(defadvice completing-read (around use-ido-when-possible activate)
  (if (or (not ido-mode)
          (not ido-ubiquitous-enabled) ; Manual override disable ido
          (and (boundp 'ido-cur-list)
               ido-cur-list)) ; Avoid infinite loop from ido calling this
      ad-do-it
    (let ((allcomp (all-completions "" collection predicate)))
      (if allcomp
          (setq ad-return-value
                (ido-completing-read prompt allcomp
                                     nil require-match initial-input hist def))
        ad-do-it))))

(provide 'ido-ubiquitous) ;;; ido-ubiquitous.el ends here