From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15811: 24.3.50; enhancement request: provide history for *Pp Eval Output* Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:06:09 +0200 Message-ID: <87inz07bn2.fsf@gnus.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461938872 20174 80.91.229.3 (29 Apr 2016 14:07:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:07:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15811@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 29 16:07:41 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aw950-000479-4h for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:07:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54742 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw94v-0006YV-UB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:07:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53354) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw94f-00069J-BC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:07:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw94T-0005P8-9n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:07:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43005) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw94T-0005O7-6L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:07:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw94P-0008G3-M6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:07:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:07:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15811 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15811-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15811.146193878831680 (code B ref 15811); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:07:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15811) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Apr 2016 14:06:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55338 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw93s-0008Et-FE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:06:28 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:55951) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw93r-0008Em-36 for 15811@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:06:27 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw93Z-0000uO-F9; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:06:26 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 5 Nov 2013 08:23:19 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) 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: 208.118.235.43 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:117176 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > Consider providing a navigable history for buffer *Pp Eval Output*. > This would be similar to `l' and `r' in *Info* or the [back] and > [forward] links in *Help*. But instead of adding links to the buffer, > use keys or menu items. > > Currently there is not even any undo in *Pp Eval Output*. It can be > useful to revisit previous evaluation results. If we're storing the expressions in the history and redoing them, then that sounds potentially dangerous. (There may be something destructive going on.) If we're saving the buffer contents, then that sounds ... unusual. So I don't think this sounds like a very useful feature. Closing. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no