Smex

2013-06-14T13:18:07Z

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'''Smex is a M-x enhancement''' for Emacs. Built on top of [[Ido]], it provides a convenient interface to your recently and most frequently used commands. And to all the other commands, too.

= Installation =

Download via [[package.el]], [[el-get]] or [http://github.com/nonsequitur/smex/blob/master/smex.el?raw=true the sources] and set-up your load-path.

You are now ready to call {{Command|smex}}. The commands are displayed in an Ido completion buffer, ordered by relevance. The 7 most recently executed commands come first, the rest are sorted by frequency of use, command length and in alphabetical order.

= Configuration =

To auto-start Smex every time you open Emacs add these lines to your .emacs file:
<source lang="lisp">
(require 'smex) ; Not needed if you use package.el
(smex-initialize) ; Can be omitted. This might cause a (minimal) delay
; when Smex is auto-initialized on its first run.
</source>

Bind some keys:
<source lang="lisp">
(global-set-key (kbd "M-x") 'smex)
(global-set-key (kbd "M-X") 'smex-major-mode-commands)
;; This is your old M-x.
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c C-c M-x") 'execute-extended-command)
</source>

== Delayed Initiation ==

Use the following code to make emacs startup a little faster. This delays initializing smex until it’s needed. Just have smex call ‘smex-initialize’ when it’s needed instead of having the user do it.

<source lang="lisp">
(global-set-key [(meta x)]
(lambda ()
(interactive)
(or (boundp 'smex-cache)
(smex-initialize))
(global-set-key [(meta x)] 'smex) (smex)))

(global-set-key [(shift meta x)]
(lambda () (interactive)
(or (boundp 'smex-cache) (smex-initialize))
(global-set-key [(shift meta x)] 'smex-major-mode-commands)
(smex-major-mode-commands)))

</source>

= Learn more =

The documentation is on github: https://github.com/nonsequitur/smex/blob/master/README.markdown

== Show only major mode commands ==

'''smex-major-mode-commands''' runs Smex, limited to commands that are relevant to the active major mode. Try it with Dired or Magit.

[[Category:Convenience]]
[[Category:Completion]]
[[Category:Third Party Package]]

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