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Prelude Vertico

Overview

Vertico is a minimalistic vertical completion UI for Emacs. This module sets up Vertico together with complementary packages for a modern and lightweight completion experience.

Note

This module is an alternative to the Helm, Ido, Ivy modules - you should only enable one completion framework.

Packages

  • vertico - the vertical completion UI
  • orderless - flexible completion style (space-separated patterns)
  • consult - enhanced versions of built-in commands

Consult Key Bindings

Consult provides many enhanced commands. Here are the key bindings configured by Prelude:

Buffer and File Navigation

Key Command Description
C-x b consult-buffer Enhanced buffer switching
C-x 4 b consult-buffer-other-window Buffer in other window
C-x 5 b consult-buffer-other-frame Buffer in other frame
M-y consult-yank-pop Browse kill ring
Key Command Description
M-g g consult-goto-line Go to line
M-g o consult-outline Navigate outline headings
M-g m consult-mark Navigate marks
M-g k consult-global-mark Navigate global marks
M-g i consult-imenu Navigate imenu
M-g I consult-imenu-multi Navigate imenu across buffers
M-g e consult-compile-error Navigate compilation errors
M-g f consult-flycheck Navigate Flycheck errors

Search (M-s prefix)

Key Command Description
M-s l consult-line Search lines in buffer
M-s L consult-line-multi Search lines across buffers
M-s g consult-grep Grep
M-s G consult-git-grep Git grep
M-s r consult-ripgrep Ripgrep
M-s f consult-find Find files
M-s F consult-locate Locate files
M-s k consult-keep-lines Keep matching lines
M-s u consult-focus-lines Focus on matching lines

Registers

Key Command Description
M-# consult-register-load Load register
M-' consult-register-store Store register
C-M-# consult-register Browse registers

Completion Style

The module configures the orderless completion style, which allows you to type space-separated patterns that can match in any order. For example, typing buf swi would match switch-to-buffer.