From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#380: previous-matching-history-element beef up Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 07:15:03 +0200 Message-ID: <878sppcjl4.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87ej76qy6u.fsf@jidanni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="90872"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 380@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 13 07:16:26 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iJWEz-000NWe-T9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 07:16:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37612 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iJWEy-00068c-Q6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 01:16:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37644) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iJWEd-00066P-O4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 01:16:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iJWEc-00039O-IX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 01:16:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:54192) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iJWEc-00039I-Ee for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 01:16:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJWEc-0005YT-8h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 01:16:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 05:16:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 380 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 380-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B380.157094371021271 (code B ref 380); Sun, 13 Oct 2019 05:16:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 380) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Oct 2019 05:15:10 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34777 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJWDl-0005X1-T8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 01:15:10 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:49706) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJWDl-0005Wt-0q for 380@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 01:15:09 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iJWDf-00050y-PY; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 07:15:06 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:27:59 -0400") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:169100 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> And when one does hit that second M-r, it would be nice if the prompt >> would show what the current default search string is. All it ever says is >> "Previous element matching (regexp): " though indeed it remembers a >> default all the time at least after first use. > > Indeed, it should probably use the " (default )" convention. > But maybe that would be impractical because the prompt would then be > too long. It's a bit on the long side, but I think it helps usability a lot, so I've made this change on the trunk now. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no