Re: space, M-x

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>]

> One is the ability to enter the arguments "naturally", the way you use a
> shell.  It is more comfortable to see the whole command (with arguments)
> on the same line/in the same area.  Sometimes the user wants to go back
> and edit previous arguments, or even the command name.

> The other is to have the command and its arguments in the history.
> Imagine that you want to (do-thing arg1-1 arg2), then (do-thing arg1-2
> arg2), (do-thing arg1-3 arg2), etc.  Currently doing this can be a
> hassle, unless you use eval-expression in which case you lose the other
> benefits of M-x, e.g., hand-crafted tab completion. It would be handier
> if you could type "replace-regex<Up>" and see the arguments to your
> previous invocations of replace-regex.

I see what you mean.  repeat-complex-command may be a way to get some of
what you want.  Not that it does just what you want, but I think that
getting really what you want is going to require a lot of work.


        Stefan