my-ido.el

;; Ido
(require 'ido)
(ido-mode 1)

;; Display results vertically
(require 'ido-vertical-mode)
(ido-vertical-mode)

(setq ido-enable-prefix nil
      ido-enable-flex-matching t
      ido-case-fold t ;; ignore case
      ido-auto-merge-work-directories-length -1 ;; disable auto-merge (it's confusing)
      ido-create-new-buffer 'always ;; create new files easily
      ido-use-filename-at-point nil ;; don't try to be smart about what I want
      ido-everywhere t
      )

;; I like visual matching (colors)
(setq ido-use-faces t)

;; Ido buffer intuitive navigation
(add-hook 'ido-setup-hook '(lambda ()
                             (define-key ido-completion-map "\C-h" 'ido-delete-backward-updir)
                             (define-key ido-completion-map "\C-n" 'ido-next-match)
                             (define-key ido-completion-map "\C-f" 'ido-next-match)
                             (define-key ido-completion-map "\C-p" 'ido-prev-match)
                             (define-key ido-completion-map "\C-b" 'ido-prev-match)
                             (define-key ido-completion-map " " 'ido-exit-minibuffer)
                             ))

;; Ignore .DS_Store files with ido mode
(add-to-list 'ido-ignore-files "\\.DS_Store")