From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#48478: 28.0.50; yank-from-kill-ring and kill-ring-yank-pointer Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 15:13:23 +0300 Message-ID: <838s3t236k.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83h7j1twym.fsf@gnu.org> <878s4bzt6v.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83fsyjqwtr.fsf@gnu.org> <87h7iyn0s5.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <831ra1px7n.fsf@gnu.org> <875yzdb7vz.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83lf89ns51.fsf@gnu.org> <87eee19o24.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83fsyhnp2r.fsf@gnu.org> <871ra19luh.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83cztkocqt.fsf@gnu.org> <87h7iwuf0m.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83o8d3l179.fsf@gnu.org> <87k0nqo570.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83a6olkjca.fsf@gnu.org> <87pmxe649v.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <835yz5bszn.fsf@gnu.org> <87y2c1yvqq.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <835yz4ab0s.fsf@gnu.org> <87wnrfx380.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83a6ob2jiy.fsf@gnu.org> <87pmx6k6lf.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="31810"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 48478@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 01 14:14:19 2021 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 1lo3Hn-0007yD-RC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:14:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57850 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lo3Hm-0000RV-TQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:14:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55884) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lo3HW-0000Q1-Pn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:14:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:52621) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lo3HW-0004Oc-Dx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:14:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lo3HW-00065I-8X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:14:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:14:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 48478 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 48478-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B48478.162254962523354 (code B ref 48478); Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:14:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 48478) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Jun 2021 12:13:45 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35934 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lo3HE-00064c-VB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:13:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33900) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lo3HD-00064O-BL for 48478@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:13:43 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:54326) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lo3H8-000494-6b; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:13:38 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:2802 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lo3H7-0001ly-Pu; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:13:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87pmx6k6lf.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Mon, 31 May 2021 23:20:04 +0300) 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:207773 Archived-At: > From: Juri Linkov > Cc: 48478@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 23:20:04 +0300 > > >> >> When read-from-kill-ring returns an edited string, > >> >> how yank-from-kill-ring could use it to adjust kill-ring-yank-pointer? > >> > > >> > read-from-kill-ring could store the pointer in some variable, I guess? > >> > >> There is no way to get the pointer to point to the entry of the kill ring, > >> because we can't find the edited string in the kill ring. > > > > Then maybe this is another reason to prefer adding the edited string > > to the kill-ring? In which case you will need to reset the pointer to > > the head of the ring? > > When there is a need to add the edited string to the kill-ring, > then better to do this explicitly by marking the whole contents of > the edited minibuffer with 'C-x h', then adding it to the kill-ring > with 'M-w'. Sure, but that's unrelated to the issue at hand, isn't it? > >> >> BTW, the recent fix in ef7a6eec20 broke such use case: > >> >> M-w on some region, but then M-y M-p doesn't insert the last item > >> >> to the minibuffer, i.e. the same item that is inserted to the buffer > >> > > >> > Sorry, I don't understand how does minibiffer enter the picture. Can > >> > you show a complete recipe? > >> > >> M-y activates the minibuffer and uses its (HISTVAR . HISTPOS) > >> to set the initial position for use by the minibuffer history > >> to the entry pointed by kill-ring-yank-pointer. So this is similar > >> to what C-y does when it yanks the same entry pointed by kill-ring-yank-pointer. > > > > If this is the scenario, then I don't see a problem: what you describe > > works for me, i.e. "M-y M-p" does insert the last killed item into the > > minibuffer. I wonder why it doesn't work for you. > > I tried in 'emacs -Q', and 'M-y M-p' doesn't insert the last killed item > into the minibuffer. It does here, so I guess we are doing something differently. Can you show a complete recipe, starting from "emacs -Q"?