From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Heerdegen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Moving through options with completing read Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 01:49:50 +0200 Message-ID: <87pmh5nhsx.fsf@web.de> References: <87edxl5e3r.fsf@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="25238"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: uzibalqa Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 13 01:50:34 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oMeQE-0006Pw-8L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 13 Aug 2022 01:50:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49126 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oMeQC-00076n-Fc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 12 Aug 2022 19:50:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57534) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oMePk-00076e-Oh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Aug 2022 19:50:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.17.11]:45353) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oMePj-0000Br-1B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Aug 2022 19:50:04 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=web.de; s=dbaedf251592; t=1660348193; bh=f8YBenYQTcbOpuHpVpKkNI7xQlfibi7I8QXqoUZZSSU=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date; b=fvdNLUVKMymrQxWUW85BA4QNTZEy3lPYqbkK4HpVrrp+jqCAuXU4Ble4wqXh2XUHL i4MTSvX/ftp0a9ZveUGGWOdhIWt8auLOjU1gcD9RtKjxXyjtRKgpaGfFEsO3vpOsOv Khc8rS22D28MSzQ9bPEpzPgiUfFuQ6ghGNse4YCg= X-UI-Sender-Class: c548c8c5-30a9-4db5-a2e7-cb6cb037b8f9 Original-Received: from drachen.dragon ([84.57.248.18]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb106 [213.165.67.124]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1Mtgub-1nWTV81zKB-00v4s4; Sat, 13 Aug 2022 01:49:53 +0200 In-Reply-To: (uzibalqa@proton.me's message of "Fri, 12 Aug 2022 21:54:26 +0000") X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:Cl36iXdQmw670DCf8mfSXgYaOiUtbAcpu7WzY4pRcIGiGvpYx97 BKVMi3GG74UpuUwIL2g1kdRIm1PS0LTo23rKANz2I4B1WQ3h7v25C0p4TKglKGHIjMe724+ Lky1zOev7Eh/jtQU/xElOhwSG84dmuWt9lG1uyqjG69PzFg4BAN+3Et6mb6yaMMcEF3onQp +nWdI/TyC6/kqEmra/RBQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:H8+mrZabo0c=:kPeVuR2W+UJTs1UZQnKWO/ GHM3m1aU9NWhTc8Ct9dwQy7yhMLTh7lt3rfO37ksvK6FQp3h4wBTDeJtq+r63hcCWuX45TVXP Ret0lubv9tEuNxxdlMP3taRTJkBVySePVoonbW8NmUCQAT6vrsqTId6Az3y0N1KvZ8RmsVyGq HQfQiRvdYSbXiwNLRQGYYFVbfyz4a09bXW0Q/eesF50KzX3xD7d+o7DbqkcCoQBCFPVrDjZPd Xoc04nehkdGGXSlKBO5c6Wc4h2XXjPjD5WhPOFUdX7QiGyI4qbO2MXqQF1Trs3wmibdeP0BxM 4rpF9cQ3uXw0sGUoY9FuEI2wBhRi6wQDEAKC/IMZU5LfLLpeVWuipvqigVZOZ1vKcFz728Lw/ f3JN5WSqi5aizIUq4Vz9LOCFmD0y+jygkoYlBV3J/1At0EOzGU3PPR8JyEe5NU9GzEf5JtGFy cIg5nLNDOtx6DtglAlGK3yqKnpdYyQAz1lhuV4KIXv23QfHpX4x1rwIb5mfU1K441BOmeiuxJ Bf7BhylX3I8r73/xQyC3z9MLvsEEysNTijGZ6JUxHRHp9bOvVdyE9oTLMTnKRU5YTwSBXJL1D vtO99pJFY2S9Q6G1rkOoUFbw2a/unv4dYTKSP8vzH8BMxBKr+Jv0lZGNqqVE/VnfjGci+Mcpv pgPb88sRrRGzStJ0cqnmAM8PVuZvgeQV35ucBURNRcmW63RiGCklIinnELKWRzJdtrrGcA28A c25G+K1MB3YL+ZVj0eqcup989qBHNlLKU8Mh1xNuejTj8uBXFktv1IHqEcJ5unSZockk2P87 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=212.227.17.11; envelope-from=michael_heerdegen@web.de; helo=mout.web.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 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, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:138838 Archived-At: uzibalqa writes: > No. I am saying that some argue that TAB cycles through the options, > but if one goes to try it, it does not work like that. Does not work like what? Or not at all? > But I can do it using the arrow keys. But the manual does not explain > that the arrow keys can be used to iterate through the options > provided by completing-read. Arrow keys cycle through the history, see (info "(emacs) Minibuffer History") The future history depends on the context. It will not always just be the list of completion candidates. Michael.