From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Avoiding moving point into minibuffer prompt area Date: 16 Aug 2005 20:13:40 -0700 Message-ID: <86pssdtfvf.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1124249396 31928 80.91.229.2 (17 Aug 2005 03:29:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:29:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 17 05:29:48 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E5Eby-0008OD-VZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 05:29:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E5EfQ-000346-Qa for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:32:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E5EbL-00015M-Sx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:28:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E5EbG-00012K-He for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:28:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E5EbC-0000g2-Gx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:28:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.223.236.162] (helo=blue.stonehenge.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E5Eci-0007Y9-GZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:29:52 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2CC08F35C; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:13:40 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from blue.stonehenge.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (blue.stonehenge.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 18004-02-25; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:13:40 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4B0E88F3DF; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:13:40 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: "Drew Adams" x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.12.9.16; tzolkin = 11 Cib; haab = 14 Yaxkin In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 24 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:42163 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:42163 >>>>> "Drew" == Drew Adams writes: Drew> I'd still be interested in knowing what your text-copying Drew> use case is. Drew> I sometimes use command history to turn an interactive command into a Drew> piece of lisp code to use later, or at least study how it was invoked, Drew> or reinvoke it on a variable instead of a literal string. Drew> Sorry, it's unclear to me what you are saying. Could you elaborate or be Drew> more specific? How does putting the cursor in the minibuffer-prompt area Drew> help you - how do you use that feature? Well, now that I'm clear on the rest of the thread, I realize I'm talking about a different part. No, I've never moved dot into the prompt. Just around within the response to the prompt. Sorry. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!