From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 7567@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7567: Please add a history variable to read-regexp
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:51:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874oaprpzg.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DF06262AA19C4341B1B745D93DC6ABA0@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 6 Dec 2010 15:11:53 -0800")
> It's impossible to have it both ways, because the user's intention is a variable
> that cannot easily and always be taken into consideration. IOW, there are some
> things the programmer can decide when writing the function call that reads input
> (you can use any history var you want, including new ones), but still you cannot
> always know what the user really needs/wants.
Does Icicles provide a way for the user to select and switch
history variables dynamically while the minibuffer is active?
This looks like a possible way to overcome this limitation.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-08 1:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-06 2:24 bug#7567: Please add a history variable to read-regexp Lennart Borgman
2010-12-06 22:43 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-12-06 22:57 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-06 23:00 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-12-06 23:11 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-06 23:23 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-12-07 0:31 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-07 4:09 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-08 1:51 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2010-12-08 3:03 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-06 23:03 ` Juri Linkov
2010-12-06 23:46 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-12-08 1:44 ` Juri Linkov
2010-12-07 3:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-12-08 1:57 ` Juri Linkov
2010-12-08 2:19 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-12-09 1:25 ` Juri Linkov
2010-12-08 3:10 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-09 14:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-12-09 16:14 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-10 3:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-12-09 14:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-12-09 17:43 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-10 3:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-12-10 3:46 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-10 20:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-12-08 3:32 ` Lennart Borgman
2012-09-20 8:30 ` bug#7567: Please add a history argument " Juri Linkov
2012-09-20 21:59 ` Juri Linkov
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