From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7567: Please add a history variable to read-regexp Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 19:03:47 -0800 Message-ID: <8482390CB96C46C388C512AF5409FE22@us.oracle.com> References: <2609D1C2B5E5457EA2582273774B4CE2@us.oracle.com> <874oaprpzg.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291778140 4412 80.91.229.12 (8 Dec 2010 03:15:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 03:15:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7567@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Juri Linkov'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 08 04:15:36 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQAVB-000174-NH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:15:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53296 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQAVA-0003f5-Vx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:15:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60019 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQAV7-0003f0-3f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:15:29 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PQAV6-0006Wy-06 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:15:28 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52505) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PQAV5-0006Wl-US for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:15:27 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQAGB-0002NQ-PB; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:00:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 03:00:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7567 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7567-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7567.12917771699071 (code B ref 7567); Wed, 08 Dec 2010 03:00:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7567) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Dec 2010 02:59:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQAFd-0002MF-Be for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:59:29 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQAFb-0002M3-Jb for 7567@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:59:28 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id oB835LpT019119 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 8 Dec 2010 03:05:23 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt355.oracle.com (acsmt355.oracle.com [141.146.40.155]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id oB835JRE021312; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 03:05:19 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt021.oracle.com by acsmt354.oracle.com with ESMTP id 834711191291777429; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:03:49 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.221.151) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:03:48 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <874oaprpzg.fsf@mail.jurta.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 Thread-Index: AcuWe67rd1Qfev5+S6CdFtfptRIHWAABkOmw X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:00:03 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42280 Archived-At: > > It's impossible to have it both ways, because the user's > > intention is a variable that cannot easily and always be > > taken into consideration. IOW, there are some > > things the programmer can decide when writing the function > > call that reads input (you can use any history var you want, > > including new ones), but still you cannot > > always know what the user really needs/wants. > > Does Icicles provide a way for the user to select and switch > history variables dynamically while the minibuffer is active? > This looks like a possible way to overcome this limitation. No, it doesn't. ;-)