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From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife@gmail.com>
Cc: 69312@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69312: 30.0.50; [WISHLIST] dicitionary buffer should retain search information
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 09:12:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86zfvrwxgh.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v86gbaxp.fsf@gmail.com> (No Wayman's message of "Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:39:30 -0500")

> Currently when searching with dictionary.el, the query is
> messaged.
> e.g. in dictionary-do-search:
>
> ```emacs-lisp
> (message "Searching for %s in %s" word dictionary)
> ```
>
> It would be better to display this information in the resultant
> buffer somehow (inline, via the header-line, etc).
> Especially for the case of `dictionary-match-words`, which matches
> against a PATTERN argument.
> I'd like to not have to remember what my query was if I come back
> to that buffer at a later time.

Like this?

diff --git a/lisp/net/dictionary.el b/lisp/net/dictionary.el
index 1981b757017..ccce0b541df 100644
--- a/lisp/net/dictionary.el
+++ b/lisp/net/dictionary.el
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ dictionary-do-search
 Optional argument NOMATCHING controls whether to suppress the display
 of matching words."
 
-  (message "Searching for %s in %s" word dictionary)
+  (insert (format "Searching for %s in %s\n" word dictionary))
   (dictionary-send-command (concat "define "
 				   (dictionary-encode-charset dictionary "")
 				   " \""





  reply	other threads:[~2024-02-23  7:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-22 18:39 bug#69312: 30.0.50; [WISHLIST] dicitionary buffer should retain search information No Wayman
2024-02-23  7:12 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2024-02-23 15:29   ` No Wayman
2024-02-24 17:39     ` Juri Linkov
2024-02-25  4:06       ` No Wayman
2024-02-25  7:19         ` Juri Linkov
2024-03-02 17:31           ` Juri Linkov
2024-03-03  1:46             ` No Wayman
2024-03-03  7:50               ` Juri Linkov
2024-03-03 16:59                 ` Juri Linkov
2024-03-03 17:16                   ` No Wayman
2024-03-03 17:49                     ` Juri Linkov
2024-03-03 20:59                       ` No Wayman
2024-03-05 16:43                         ` Juri Linkov

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