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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>,
	Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 69056@debbugs.gnu.org, me@eshelyaron.com
Subject: bug#69056: 30.0.50; history-add-new-input and recursive minibuffers
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:19:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86sf1uw35l.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86frxysxeq.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sun, 11 Feb 2024 19:50:21 +0200)

> Cc: 69056@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2024 19:50:21 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> 
> > From: Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com>
> > Cc: 69056@debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2024 18:42:49 +0100
> > 
> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> > 
> > > I'm not sure we should be interested in fixing this.  Recursive
> > > minibuffers are not supposed to start a completely new command loop
> > > unaffected by whatever was before it, so we shouldn't try.
> > 
> > I see that, but the problem, IMO, is that there's nothing telling you
> > that you're in this state of not recording minibuffer history.  You
> > likely won't know that you're using a command that let-binds
> > history-add-new-input when you enter a recursive minibuffer, and losing
> > all minibuffer history from commands you invoked in the recursive edit
> > may come as an unpleasant surprise.
> 
> We should probably document this caveat.  enable-recursive-minibuffers
> is an advanced feature, not recommended to newbies.

Stefan & Stefan, any comments or suggestions, beyond documenting this
caveat?





  reply	other threads:[~2024-02-15  8:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-11 15:54 bug#69056: 30.0.50; history-add-new-input and recursive minibuffers Eshel Yaron via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-02-11 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-11 17:42   ` Eshel Yaron via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-02-11 17:50     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-15  8:19       ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-02-15 15:24 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-02-15 16:17   ` Eshel Yaron via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-02-15 17:56     ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-02-15 18:40       ` Eshel Yaron via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-02-15 19:20         ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-02-15 19:34           ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-15 19:54             ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-02-16  7:08               ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-15 19:27       ` Eli Zaretskii

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