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Created November 13, 2008 13:28
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(defun ido-goto-symbol ()
"Will update the imenu index and then use ido to select a symbol to navigate to"
(interactive)
(imenu--make-index-alist)
(let ((name-and-pos '())
(symbol-names '()))
(flet ((addsymbols (symbol-list)
(when (listp symbol-list)
(dolist (symbol symbol-list)
(let ((name nil) (position nil))
(cond
((and (listp symbol) (imenu--subalist-p symbol))
(addsymbols symbol))
((listp symbol)
(setq name (car symbol))
(setq position (cdr symbol)))
((stringp symbol)
(setq name symbol)
(setq position (get-text-property 1 'org-imenu-marker symbol))))
(unless (or (null position) (null name))
(add-to-list 'symbol-names name)
(add-to-list 'name-and-pos (cons name position))))))))
(addsymbols imenu--index-alist))
(let* ((selected-symbol (ido-completing-read "Symbol? " symbol-names))
(position (cdr (assoc selected-symbol name-and-pos))))
(goto-char position))))
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