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30.0.92; js-find-symbol automatically activates ido-mode

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 74615 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>, Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
Subject: bug#74615: 30.0.92; js-find-symbol automatically activates ido-mode
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 14:05:14 -0500

> This code is there since the day js.el was added, so I don't think
> removing the activation of ido-mode is something we can do, because
> users might expect that by now.

User backward-compatibility is nice but not important enough to imply
"cannot do".  I think in this case, IDO has lost enough popularity by
now that more users will be happy rather than annoyed by the change.

> Maybe we could make that optional or something.

Users can enable IDO already, and if really some users like IDO for this
command but not elsewhere (which seems highly unlikely to me), we can
add a small ELisp snippet in NEWS using `advice-add`, for them to copy
to their init file.


        Stefan

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