From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: reporter <laszlomail@protonmail.com>
Cc: 46033@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46033: up arrow in query replace should not step into the prompt
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:55:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83czxx5b5j.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wJ03eJOealGYmOa-V_i478alfUeOQAwHRlVwi8VjTkPZY8iGbtV3qwMH4NK16EV64sfoPccLlCJMK8ShmDs22Ok35y7E5i7k6xJzbLZw8Uc=@protonmail.com> (bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org)
> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:21:50 +0000
> From: laszlomail--- via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>
> Up/down arrow is useful in the replace prompt, because sometimes
> the replace text is long and spans multiple lines, so up/down is
> handy to navigate it.
>
> Up arrow can also retrieve previous history lines when you are
> already at the top line of the replacement.
>
> However, if there is a multiline replacement default in the
> prompt then up arrow steps into the prompt first and only further
> presses retrieve history:
>
> https://i.imgur.com/7G3FcPX.png
>
> Up arrow should not lead the user uselessly into the prompt text.
This is a feature: it allows you to scroll through the text shown in
the minibuffer, in case you want to edit it. Use M-p to go directly
to the previous history.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-22 13:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-22 13:21 bug#46033: up arrow in query replace should not step into the prompt laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-01-22 13:55 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-01-22 14:16 ` laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-01-23 17:24 ` Juri Linkov
2021-01-23 17:46 ` laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-01-23 18:34 ` Juri Linkov
2021-01-23 18:53 ` laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-01-25 17:14 ` Juri Linkov
2021-01-27 18:10 ` Juri Linkov
2021-01-22 18:44 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-01-22 18:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-23 17:35 ` laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-01-23 18:17 ` laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-01-23 18:30 ` laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-01-23 18:33 ` laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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