From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
To: arvid-harnack@lavache.com
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>
Subject: Re: Going through a list using the minibuffer
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2021 22:09:45 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAP_d_8VJiKPitww2QJb3kj7yVVrXq5RRybvRga8BcJsAAejRwA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ea-mime-60c5fa77-292c-d8bb8b2@www-7.mailo.com>
On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 at 20:55, <arvid-harnack@lavache.com> wrote:
> Suppose I define a list namely '("alpha" "beta" "gamma")
>
> I would like to get the minibuffer to show me the options one by
> one as the down and up arrow keys are pressed. Then in my
> function I get the equivalent position "k" of the string in the
> list.
You basically want ‘(completing-read "Choose a Greek letter: "
'("alpha" "beta" "gamma") nil t)’, except that it will give you the
selected option value rather than its index.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-13 15:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-12 22:13 Going through a list using the minibuffer arvid-harnack
2021-06-13 0:14 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-13 12:30 ` arvid-harnack
2021-06-13 15:09 ` Yuri Khan [this message]
2021-06-13 15:39 ` arvid-harnack
2021-06-13 15:57 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-13 16:02 ` arvid-harnack
2021-06-13 16:31 ` Yuri Khan
2021-06-13 19:48 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-13 20:02 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-13 20:13 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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