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Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:30:14 -0400 (EDT) Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=103.168.172.152; envelope-from=dmitry@gutov.dev; helo=fhigh1-smtp.messagingengine.com X-Spam_score_int: -26 X-Spam_score: -2.7 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_SBL_A=0.1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:146477 Archived-At: On 25/04/2024 06:34, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Not sure which part of my above-quoted text isn't clear: the ambiguity > would be "hand waved" away by saying that when the users hits `M-.` without > doing anything else in between, they are telling Emacs to keep looking > for the same symbol. If they want to start a new search, they should > break the sequence, e.g. with `C-g` or `C-f C-b`, you name it. > > IME in most languages `M-.` usually jumps to a symbol which you will > rarely want to use for a new search. "Handwaved" indeed, though I'm guessing some singular cases would remain where this is different. So the proposed UI sounds "wrong", to me at least. I wouldn't object to an extra mode or a user option, though. Since indeed what you are suggesting would work like the user expects 99% of the time.