This package provides a more powerful alternative to `ido-mode''s built-in flex matching. ; Acknowledgments Scott Frazer's blog entry http://scottfrazersblog.blogspot.com.au/2009/12/emacs-better-ido-flex-matching.html provided a lot of inspiration. ido-hacks was helpful for ido optimization and fontification ideas ; Installation: Add the following code to your init file: (require 'flx-ido) (ido-mode 1) (ido-everywhere 1) (flx-ido-mode 1) ;; disable ido faces to see flx highlights. (setq ido-enable-flex-matching t) (setq ido-use-faces nil)