From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Operating the HIST feature of completing-read Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 10:01:39 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: carlmarcos@tutanota.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40163"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Drew Adams , Help Gnu Emacs To: Jean Louis Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 13 10:16:32 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 1oBXXr-000AG4-KU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2022 10:16:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46316 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oBXXq-0001Jj-FX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2022 04:16:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34652) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oBXJa-0001KY-Rd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2022 04:01:47 -0400 Original-Received: from w1.tutanota.de ([81.3.6.162]:46768) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oBXJV-0005CC-GY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2022 04:01:46 -0400 Original-Received: from w3.tutanota.de (unknown [192.168.1.164]) by w1.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5DAAFBF915; Wed, 13 Jul 2022 08:01:39 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1657699299; s=s1; d=tutanota.com; h=From:From:To:To:Subject:Subject:Content-Description:Content-ID:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Cc:Date:Date:In-Reply-To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Message-ID:Reply-To:References:References:Sender; bh=uE0XImHl4RLs7/aIUCawQEKxoQwtbDU/RlcImWBMvEE=; b=CdQpXAWNcLZFTQycVebsB5FxYsfolekTXu8WOrRDIiavmJ66sojYnlnWS+V0v40j qa1h8gdGQ7P4p0wm97KQLHjl5+r/suLeAIATQQN7rCWLaIUDU4etmPQjsmVSdDegXbO 4/rbTGdZGGZN8thct4xVshekT5Uyqth8gB5jIySKIP5Ox/iCwqI/xEOBBYBTypNoDMA w7bWnj9oROXoEGot1HxhlivebqKqDapAqGESQzFYUiY/6JP64o9R2AJtR0GPF23ZRJK jPWhKGkb1ujatR6PR9k9rxjTA7pMClT9bBRmerSupingDJrjeVR0qOi9tdVCjCIsjBH JIT3pIs/vQ== In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=81.3.6.162; envelope-from=carlmarcos@tutanota.com; helo=w1.tutanota.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, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01, T_SPF_TEMPERROR=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:138455 Archived-At: Jul 13, 2022, 02:04 by bugs@gnu.support: > * carlmarcos@tutanota.com [2022-07-13 04:16]: > >> >> Jul 12, 2022, 16:40 by drew.adams@oracle.com: >> >> >> Does the history remember the user input associated >> >> with each specific completing-read call? >> >> >> > >> > Only each specific history variable. >> > >> > If each `completing-read' (or `read-from-minibuffer' >> > or whatever) call used a different history variable >> > then the answer to your question would be yes. >> > >> >> Have done as suggested=20 >> >> (defvar myhist nil >> =C2=A0 "Stores previous minibuffer inputs so the user can reuse them.") >> >> =C2=A0 (let* ( (cseq '("bracemk" "expression" "extended" "mixed" "hlsexp= " "disable")) >> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (csel=C2=A0 (comp= leting-read "Glowvis: " cseq nil t "mixed" myhist "extended")) >> nn >> When I go through the list in the minibuffer I am also getting the varia= ble myhist >> showing up but its value stays nil. >> > > It should be 'myhist instead of myhist in completing-read > > Jean > Thanks Jean.=C2=A0 After doing that I am quite unsure how to figure out whe= ther I am seeing the completing list or the history entries.=C2=A0=20