Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete

[Filipp Gunbin]

On 06/11/2019 22:03 +0000, João Távora wrote:

> Ergus <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> 1) Do we really need another confusing mode (fido-mode)? instead of
>> improve one of the already existing alternatives with just an option to
>> use flex?
>
> I'm sorry you find the name confusing.  I find it appealing (it's "fake
> ido"), but we can change it (Stefan proposed icomplete-ido-mode).

+1 for the name change, because Fido was a pre-Internet-era BBS network
popular at least in Russia.  I was too young when it was operational,
but even for me the name would be confusing.

Filipp