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: position on changing defaults? Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:24:23 -0400 Message-ID: References: <200803050637.m256bXL3008361@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200803052230.m25MUORx001881@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200803070407.m27471TG016558@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87skz03otb.fsf@jurta.org> <87d4q394ff.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205101481 18542 80.91.229.12 (9 Mar 2008 22:24:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 22:24:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 09 23:25:09 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 1JYTx6-0003EG-Rx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:25:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JYTwY-0001eN-Mh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:24:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JYTwT-0001bM-Gp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:24:29 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JYTwR-0001XZ-OH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:24:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JYTwR-0001XE-JQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:24:27 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JYTwO-0003E3-36; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:24:24 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmgCAPIA1EfO+J2CdGdsb2JhbACQfQEwlx6BBw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,471,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="15769924" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 09 Mar 2008 18:24:23 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.157.130]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id PZH53623; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:24:23 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 235B1805A; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 18:24:23 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87d4q394ff.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:55:59 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:91935 Archived-At: >> 2. After typing C-x b: C-s or C-M-s will incrementally search the >> buffer list for the buffer name that matches the search string or >> regexp. So to switch to the buffer, the users can simply type any >> unique part of the buffer name or to repeatedly type C-s until seeing >> the needed buffer name, e.g.: `C-x b C-s [substring] C-s ... RET' >> >> Does this mean it works like C-s except that it searches through >> text that is bigger than just what is in the minibuffer? >> Or is it an incompatible change in C-s? >> >> If it is incompatible, we should change C-s for all minibuffers, or >> for none. And I think changing it for all minibuffers would cause >> problems in some. >> >> If the change in C-s is compatible, then I think it could be ok to do >> it in just buffer reading, but it might be good to make it more >> general if possible. > Nothing special is done for buffer reading. It is the same functionality > that allows isearch to search the minibuffer history: C-r starts searching > the history list backwards, and C-s starts searching the "future" history. > This already works in all minibuffers, and this patch just puts the buffer > list to the "future" history of C-x b. Maybe C-s should be changed to also search the completion table? Stefan