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> How can I use Ivy when running `emacs -Q`? No packages get loaded in such a way. M-x`package-initialize`RET After this, you can either call autoloaded functions directly, e.g. M-x`swiper`RET,...

How have you installed Swiper? If the default installation doesn't work for you, you can try downloading the sources from this repository and running `make plain` from inside the checkout.

I asked *how* it's installed, not *whether*. For example, if you've installed the `swiper` package in the default `package-user-dir` via the default built-in `package.el` manager (which based on your posted...

> Then I press "F2" twice, and I get the following message: `ivy-read: Command attempted to use minibuffer while in minibuffer` That is because Emacs does not allow recursive minibuffers...

@mekeor Sorry, it's not immediately clear to me what you mean. Could you please open a separate bug report with a step-by-step recipe for reproducing the issue? Thanks.

Any chance of a reproducer? I tried the following: 1. `emacs -Q` 2. `M-x package-initialize RET` 3. `M-x counsel-mode RET` 4. `C-x C-f` 5. `C-DEL` 6. `C-c C-s` And nothing...

Thanks. I don't know why `ivy--cd` doesn't update `default-directory`, nor why `ivy--reset-state` resets `ivy--directory-hist`. Hopefully someone else does.

I think some users may like the fact that Swiper examines Org links, so ideally the user should be allowed to choose their preferred behaviour, with the current behaviour as...

Thanks, confirmed and bisected to commit e05bc455951eb0f9572798395b9f056e4bfc3103.

> remove (optional, but anyway) dependencies on amx/smex There's no hard dependency; those packages are just picked up if present. For example, I use neither. > allow a user to...