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From: arvid-harnack@lavache.com
To: "Yuri Khan" <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
	Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>
Subject: Going through a list using the minibuffer
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2021 17:39:49 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ea-mime-60c626c5-1bca-5f2b1ea9@www-7.mailo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP_d_8VJiKPitww2QJb3kj7yVVrXq5RRybvRga8BcJsAAejRwA@mail.gmail.com>


>From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
>To: arvid-harnack@lavache.com
>Subject: Re: Going through a list using the minibuffer
>Date: 13/06/2021 17:09:45 Europe/Paris
>Cc: Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>;
>   help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>

>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.

You are right.  Yes.



  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-13 15:39 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
2021-06-13 15:39       ` arvid-harnack [this message]
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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