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From: jidanni@jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: M-x man could better guess neighboring word
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:33:57 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bq8slp16.fsf@jidanni.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 47624FA7.1030009@gmx.at

mr> Would you find it useful to search previous lines, the remainder
mr> of the current line, following lines? Should we skip any
mr> non-whitespace chars?

Principles: always offer at least two default choices, one
forwards/beneath, one backwards/beneath the cursor. The topmost of
which should be the closest to the cursor. Skip past punctuation at
the ends of sentences too...




  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-15  1:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-14  8:07 M-x man could better guess neighboring word jidanni
2007-12-14  9:40 ` martin rudalics
2007-12-15  1:33   ` jidanni [this message]
2007-12-16 10:11     ` martin rudalics
2007-12-17 13:38       ` jidanni
2007-12-17 22:19         ` martin rudalics
2007-12-18  1:53           ` jidanni

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