[emacs-berlin] Understanding M-x

[Joost Kremers]

On Wed, May 21 2025, jman wrote:
> I was reading a suggestion about using the package `smex` in a recent configuration
> https://github.com/shaneikennedy/emacs-light/blob/e454a55f6deb20feeb175d219e2f019d929e0ee0/init.el#L165
>
> `smex` allows sorting by last used command when invoking M-x
> https://github.com/nonsequitur/smex

The last commit was 10 years ago, so clearly abandonware. I wouldn't
install it.
 
> Even if I don't have that package installed, I do have this kind of sorting
> so I was wondering what is making it happen in my config.

A lot has happened in Emacs regarding completion since smex was last
updated... You may be using one of the completion plug-ins such as vertico,
which AFAIU offers that functionality OOTB.


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