From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: space, M-x Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:43:36 -0500 Message-ID: References: <86ljvs91kv.fsf@comm.utoronto.ca> <86fxlz8q85.fsf@comm.utoronto.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1226353445 5992 80.91.229.12 (10 Nov 2008 21:44:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:44:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Gilaras Drakeson Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 10 22:45:04 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KzeZE-00030r-09 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:45:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33445 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KzeY6-0004E2-B5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:43:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KzeY1-0004Cv-Gk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:43:49 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KzeXy-0004Bm-Of for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:43:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39296 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KzeXy-0004Bj-Hw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:43:46 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:55310) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KzeXx-0007xt-ID for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:43:45 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (vpn-132-204-232-123.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.123]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id mAALiC9s005383; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:44:12 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 517471C159; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:43:37 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <86fxlz8q85.fsf@comm.utoronto.ca> (Gilaras Drakeson's message of "Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:07:06 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3144=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:105543 Archived-At: > 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" 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