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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 59486@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59486: completion-auto-wrap disobeyed by vertical navigation
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 20:43:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83zgcgur9t.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86pmdcw6hj.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Thu, 24 Nov 2022 20:30:00 +0200)

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: 59486@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 20:30:00 +0200
> 
> > I don't really understand the difference between minibuffer-previous-* and
> > minibuffer-previous-line-* commands (the available documentation is minimal
> > and doesn't explain this difference), so it's hard to suggest an alternative.
> 
> minibuffer-previous-* are intended to navigate the completion list
> horizontally while the minibuffer is active, and minibuffer-previous-line-*
> vertically.

Then the names could be simplified as minibuffer-up-line and
minibuffer-down-line.  It will also make the names less confusing, IMO.

> > But one immediate alternative is to use <LEFT> and <RIGHT> for
> > the minibuffer-previous-* family, like previous-completion does.
> 
> <LEFT> and <RIGHT> are useful to move point in the minibuffer.

Then maybe PgUp and PgDn?

> But do you think it would be okay to use <LEFT> and <RIGHT>
> for navigation of completions from the minibuffer after
> adding a new user option, when is non-nil (disabled by default)?

If the arrow keys are already taken, having an option that will change their
effect would be confusing, I think.





  reply	other threads:[~2022-11-24 18:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-22 17:38 bug#59486: completion-auto-wrap disobeyed by vertical navigation Juri Linkov
2022-11-23 18:49 ` Juri Linkov
2022-11-24  7:59   ` Juri Linkov
2022-11-24  8:13     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-24 18:30       ` Juri Linkov
2022-11-24 18:43         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-11-25  7:47           ` Juri Linkov
2022-11-25  8:38             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-28  7:56               ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-31  7:44   ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-01 17:45     ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-02  8:11       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-02 17:14         ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-05 17:53           ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-15 17:45             ` Juri Linkov

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