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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 16740@debbugs.gnu.org, Ed Avis <eda@waniasset.com>
Subject: bug#16740: 24.2; Please allow C-p and C-n in minibuffer
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:03:49 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvha8357dl.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <266758c2-0b11-4526-854e-bb655805478a@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 13 Feb 2014 06:44:51 -0800 (PST)")

>> But we could make C-p/C-n jump to the previous/next history element
>> when called from the first/last line, which would combine both
>> behaviors. The implementation should be careful to make sure that
>> C-p followed by C-n brings you back to the same position (same for
>> C-n followed by C-p), otherwise such behavior can get irritating
>> when you accidentally hit C-p from the first line.
> Just makes the user interaction more confusing.

I wouldn't like it, indeed, and I don't think it would make sense as
a default.  But an option could provide that behavior.


        Stefan





  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-02-13 16:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-13 11:04 bug#16740: 24.2; Please allow C-p and C-n in minibuffer Ed Avis
2014-02-13 11:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-02-13 11:26 ` Dani Moncayo
2014-02-13 11:32   ` Ed Avis
2014-02-13 11:41     ` Dani Moncayo
2014-02-13 13:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-02-13 13:59   ` Ed Avis
2014-02-13 14:44   ` Drew Adams
2014-02-13 14:53     ` Dani Moncayo
2014-02-13 16:03     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-12-25  6:28       ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-25  9:05         ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-12-25 18:30         ` Juri Linkov
2021-12-25 21:53           ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-26  7:41             ` Juri Linkov
2021-12-26 11:56               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-26 17:28                 ` Juri Linkov
2021-12-29  3:05                   ` Stefan Kangas

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