From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, 57163@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57163: completing-read not allow cycling of the options by default
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:51:04 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83h72ekbuv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tf6iHvAxdztX0m4CK_RrN1Ch4b4dtJfZ2OH15HLH0us3fI8Ngx8Z8m5j6CthP382rPGhFYfQe-cEfK5vNFSl6RRPTcDLYBUJnHUKSbrN4UQ=@proton.me> (message from uzibalqa on Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:34:42 +0000)
> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:34:42 +0000
> From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
> Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, 57163@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > > Expecting the reading of entire chapters, and then having to associate
> > > commands under different headings to different functionalities is a failing
> > > strategy.
> >
> >
> > That's the recommended practice of learning about this subject when
> > you are not familiar with it (as you seem to be). Reading single
> > sections in this situation is not a very effective way of learning
> > about this.
>
> Completion is defined as a feature that fills in the rest of a name starting from an
> abbreviation for it. Easily leads to confusion because one does not commonly associate
> completion with next selection element.
>
> Have looked at "Variable: minibuffer-local-map" which states that it is the default local keymap for reading from the minibuffer. By default, it makes the following bindings:
>
> But that list is not complete because it associates M-n and M-p only with history elements.
You are again reading in the wrong place. Keymaps have nothing to do
with this.
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2022-08-12 22:14 bug#57163: completing-read not allow cycling of the options by default uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-13 4:52 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-08-13 6:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-13 14:32 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-13 15:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-13 16:09 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-13 17:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-13 18:15 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-13 18:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-13 18:28 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-13 18:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-13 19:31 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-14 5:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-14 16:14 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-14 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-14 16:34 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-14 16:51 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-08-14 17:11 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-16 5:24 ` Jean Louis
2022-08-16 4:48 ` Jean Louis
2022-08-16 5:07 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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