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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com>
Cc: 19468@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19468: 25.0.50; UI inconveniences with M-.
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 21:56:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54A30366.2010508@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83oaqlb013.fsf@gnu.org>

On 12/30/2014 06:00 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> Trial and error isn't the worst way to learn things; at least if it
>> doesn't take too long.
>
> Turns out I missed '.' and ',', though.  So trial and error are
> evidently less efficient than we would want.

I guess this will be in the manual, which I'd be happy not to have to 
write at all, and probably won't write until the 25 feature freeze.

There's probably nothing to discuss about this further.

>> Apparently you didn't even need to read any documentation
>
> What documentation?

Any documentation. :)

> (Btw, it
> doesn't even say that if no identifier is found at point, it will
> prompt even without an argument.)

It does now, thanks.

>> That's as expected.  There is nothing to select on the first line.
>
> Then why let me position point there?

Because then you're ideally positioned to press `.' and see the buffer 
of the first match displayed.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-12-30 19:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 161+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-29 20:26 bug#19468: 25.0.50; UI inconveniences with M- Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30  6:04 ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-12-30  8:19   ` Helmut Eller
2014-12-30 16:00     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 17:02       ` Helmut Eller
2014-12-30 17:39         ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 19:56       ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2014-12-30 19:38     ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-12-30 22:58       ` Helmut Eller
2015-01-03 21:37         ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-01-04  8:55           ` martin rudalics
2015-01-04 22:51             ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-01-05  7:08               ` martin rudalics
2015-01-06 10:39                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-26 14:56                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-27  4:30                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-27 15:07                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-27 17:35                         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-27 19:26                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-27 21:54                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-27 22:45                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-28 14:56                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 14:48                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 21:00                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-29 15:41                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-29 17:22                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-29 17:58                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-27 22:36                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-27 23:15                               ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-27 23:25                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-28  1:26                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-28  1:37                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-28 13:30                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-28 21:04                                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-27 22:44                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-27 23:19                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-28  0:24                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-28  1:34                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-28 15:01                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 18:47                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-28 14:59                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 14:55                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 21:33                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-29 15:46                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-29 22:56                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-30 13:48                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-01  2:27                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-01  6:45                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-01 11:27                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-01 12:57                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-01 14:51                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-01 18:38                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-01 18:44                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-01 19:22                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-01 20:36                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-02  7:39                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-01 18:13                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-27 22:09                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-28 14:49                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 21:59                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-29 15:46                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-29 22:32                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-27 15:13                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-27 17:21                         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-27 19:15                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-27 21:42                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-27 22:32                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-28 14:55                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 22:04                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-29 15:47                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-27 22:25                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-27 22:54                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-27 23:15                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-28  1:25                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-28  2:15                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-28 13:36                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-29  0:24                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-28 15:03                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 22:07                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-29 15:47                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 14:58                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 22:08                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-28  0:01                               ` Drew Adams
2015-04-28 14:57                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-29 15:00                               ` Vitalie Spinu
2015-04-29 15:25                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-29 16:01                                   ` Vitalie Spinu
2015-04-29 22:02                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-29 16:11                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 14:52                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 22:28                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-29 15:48                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-29 17:43                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-29 18:03                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02  0:08                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-02  6:42                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02 10:23                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-02 11:24                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02 12:07                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-02 12:46                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02  7:10                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02 10:11                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-02 11:16                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02 11:45                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02 12:16                                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-02 12:49                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02 13:04                                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-03 14:44                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02 12:01                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-02 12:45                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02 13:42                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-02 14:13                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02 17:41                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-02 18:45                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02 19:17                                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-02 19:45                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02 20:06                                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-02 13:41                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-02 17:35                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-04 14:48                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-27 22:15                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-28 14:50                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 22:15                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-29 15:48                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-29 17:42                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-27 22:02                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-27 23:47                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-28 15:00                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-28 23:24                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-29 15:49                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-29 23:03                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-30 13:49                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 15:41   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 20:26     ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-01-04 23:52     ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-01-05 19:43       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 17:03   ` Stefan Monnier
2014-12-30 17:11     ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-12-30 17:43       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 17:49       ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-12-30 18:01         ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 17:25     ` Helmut Eller
2014-12-30 18:08       ` Stefan Monnier
2014-12-30 17:41     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 17:50       ` Helmut Eller
2014-12-30 17:58         ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 18:08           ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-12-30 17:53       ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-12-30 18:00         ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 18:01           ` Helmut Eller
2014-12-30 18:13             ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 18:20               ` Helmut Eller
2014-12-30 18:27                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 18:33                   ` Helmut Eller
2014-12-30 18:38                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 18:53                       ` Helmut Eller
2014-12-30 19:33                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-30 18:33                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-02-21 23:00 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-02-22 17:18   ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-22 21:15     ` Dmitry Gutov

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