From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: uzibalqa via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#57163: completing-read not allow cycling of the options by default Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:14:40 +0000 Message-ID: <-qQFoEYeOk9XtGrbenYCxKUz2BqvVEvFF8l_HqKxq3MGYVe1uxGsefA6PjnOHKZ_VfiNQlPCHafcmCoVvgmYeGCLIGZKttqd2FPRK_1WqPk=@proton.me> References: <83zgg8kqiy.fsf@gnu.org> <83tu6gknta.fsf@gnu.org> <83r11kkmmu.fsf@gnu.org> <83k07bl66z.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: uzibalqa Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19515"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, 57163-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 14 18:15:16 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGGh-0004xV-T7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 18:15:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55328 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGGg-0003Fw-Lg for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:15:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59114) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGGV-0003Ew-2Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:15:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:49851) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGGU-0001Ki-Px for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:15:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGGU-00034j-LO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:15:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: uzibalqa Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 57163 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 57163-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D57163.166049369711780 (code D ref 57163); Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 57163-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Aug 2022 16:14:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39598 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGGO-00033w-Ko for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:14:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-40132.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.132]:47731) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGGL-00033f-Ho for 57163-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:14:55 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=vmico3vakvdzxmrvcuencsucou.protonmail; t=1660493687; x=1660752887; bh=GmHKrNaBOUyuCWluws9QF4Oq8oVyO1vPtbNUrfgp1nM=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To: References:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To: Feedback-ID:Message-ID; b=e1xBY05IAKZ3SNcAv/nI/gxCI9gSebYQIh9pIKHJ/xuQ2huMTSe9XZzlYT/Xb2zz4 Sxkv7/xxjna/00juIHLsezEURd6JKIUV1a2SvxofABM2E003VT8wX/H2i3Ngf57JeG 8Wx7iFk32hQgpRXp0/zgt/Lbb2RqGociunr92Y32CXXVfEwpXrPH67LZMnQy5N6uSz n1MRyWvgycAlNxgF09Ix+isc+aNCxALgIb6dEHJu1+79suDTDmRrirkTmtAlqsH1Wp PIQYD2ZAehefn2yJGLMojUiGn8Oc3Sf4IC65Bnd6Vgg26KnyYDFxHNjh327JolNl7+ eEnC034B/ivSQ== In-Reply-To: <83k07bl66z.fsf@gnu.org> Feedback-ID: 52887082:user:proton X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" X-ACL-Warn: , uzibalqa Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:239659 Archived-At: ------- Original Message ------- On Sunday, August 14th, 2022 at 5:55 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote= : > > Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 19:31:39 +0000 > > From: uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me > > Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, 57163@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > > > Cannot see and arrow keys described in "8.1 Using the M= inibuffer" or after that. > > > > > > Wrong place. Look in "Minibuffer History". > > > > I have a problem with that, because I cannot see how someone reading "M= inibuffer History" > > would associate those commands with moving through the options when usi= ng the minibuffer. > > > > For many users, information listing the key-associated commands that ca= n be employed when using > > the minibuffer, is more useful in the part "8.1 Using the Minibuffer", = rather than finding it much > > much later and within the context of minibuffer history. > > > Well, you are supposed to read the entire chapter, not just one > section. Reading a single section is for those who know what they are > after, and get to the section via the index entries. Expecting the reading of entire chapters, and then having to associate commands under different headings to different functionalities is a failing strategy. > Anyway, I've now added an explicit reference to completion to the text > in "Minibuffer History", and also added an index entry about > walking through completion candidates, leading there. > And with that, I'm closing this bug report. >