bug#5584: 23.1.90; Setting enable-recursive-minibuffers to non-nil ignores minibuffer history

bug#5584: 23.1.90; Setting enable-recursive-minibuffers to non-nil ignores minibuffer history

[Brent Goodrick]

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug.  If you can, give
a recipe starting from `emacs -Q':

Starting from `emacs -Q' off of a freshly built Emacs from CVS on a
32-bit RHEL5 system (but the system doesn't matter since I've seen this
on Windows and 64-bit Linux):

1. Switch into the *scratch* buffer
2. Type the following:
     (setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
   Hit Control-J to evaluate it
3. Type M-x flush-lines RET
4. While the minibuffer is active waiting for the string for
   `flush-lines', type M-: (or its equivalent of `M-x eval-expression')
5. Type (insert "flubber") RET
6. Type RET to complete the flush-lines
7. Do steps 3 and 4 again.
8. Type M-p and notice the error message stating no previous history element,
   which is incorrect.

The reason this is an issue is that I find myself constantly needing
to type in a regular expression using `rx' syntax via

  (insert (rx ....))

and not being able to get back to that history element is a burden for 
complex rx expressions.  Not using `' seems to fix it, but then I give
up recursive minibuffers which I find very handy.

Thanks!
bg


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 of 2010-02-12 on simon
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70101000
configured using `configure  '--with-x-toolkit' '--with-xft' '--prefix=/home/brentg/install/Linux.i686''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
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  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-2> 
<mouse-2> C-j M-: C-g x x x <return> <up> <return> 
<up> M-x f l u s h <return> M-: M-( i n s e r t SPC 
M-( r x SPC M-" x C-b C-M-SPC C-f <backspace> " " C-b 
x C-e <return> C-b <return> x x x <return> M-: C-g 
C-p M-x f l u s h <return> M-: M-p C-g M-x r e p o 
r t - <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Mark set
Quit
nil
Quit
goto-history-element: Beginning of history; no preceding item
Quit [2 times]

Load-path shadows:
None found.

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format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable
backquote make-network-process dbusbind system-font-setting
font-render-setting gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs)

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bug#5584: 23.1.90; Setting enable-recursive-minibuffers to non-nil ignores minibuffer history

[Stefan Kangas]

found 5584 27.0.50
tags 5584 + confirmed
quit

Brent Goodrick <bgoodr@gmail.com> writes:

> Starting from `emacs -Q' off of a freshly built Emacs from CVS on a
> 32-bit RHEL5 system (but the system doesn't matter since I've seen this
> on Windows and 64-bit Linux):
>
> 1. Switch into the *scratch* buffer
> 2. Type the following:
>      (setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
>    Hit Control-J to evaluate it
> 3. Type M-x flush-lines RET
> 4. While the minibuffer is active waiting for the string for
>    `flush-lines', type M-: (or its equivalent of `M-x eval-expression')
> 5. Type (insert "flubber") RET
> 6. Type RET to complete the flush-lines
> 7. Do steps 3 and 4 again.
> 8. Type M-p and notice the error message stating no previous history element,
>    which is incorrect.

I can reproduce this on the current master branch.

> The reason this is an issue is that I find myself constantly needing
> to type in a regular expression using `rx' syntax via
>
>   (insert (rx ....))
>
> and not being able to get back to that history element is a burden for
> complex rx expressions.  Not using `' seems to fix it, but then I give
> up recursive minibuffers which I find very handy.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas