From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5364: 23.1.91; execute-extended-command should do like FFAP Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:54:34 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <874omrvyb9.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <87iqb77aew.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263331182 16119 80.91.229.12 (12 Jan 2010 21:19:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:19:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5364@debbugs.gnu.org To: jidanni@jidanni.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 12 22:19:35 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 4.50) id 1NUo9G-0005fG-DP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:19:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38856 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NUo9D-00038H-Vv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:19:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NUo8x-00033v-Ng for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:19:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NUo8t-00033V-6x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:19:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56679 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NUo8t-00033S-14 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:19:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:22753) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NUo8s-0007xa-Qy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:19:10 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NUo8s-0001Gx-89 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:19:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NUnoQ-00068n-AO; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:58:02 -0500 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:58:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5364 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5364-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5364.126332982623570 (code B ref 5364); Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:58:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5364) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Jan 2010 20:57:06 +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 1NUnnW-000687-Gu for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:57:06 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp-out3.starman.ee ([85.253.0.5] helo=mx1.starman.ee) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NUnnS-00067Z-3H for 5364@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:57:03 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx1.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.34.19.cable.starman.ee [82.131.34.19]) by mx1.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98AB03F40D4; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:56:52 +0200 (EET) In-Reply-To: <87iqb77aew.fsf@jidanni.org> (jidanni@jidanni.org's message of "Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:52:23 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Spam-Score: -3.4 (---) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -3.4 (---) Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:58:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by mx20.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:34230 Archived-At: > OK, how would you execute this command that you see sitting in front of you? > (list-load-path-shadows) > > I ended up doing x l i s t p > - / > > That's because I am unable to just put the cursor on it and do M-x, as > for some reason execute-extended-command won't prompt me for it even now > these days. I recall the idea was rejected. The idea of adding a command to pull a string from the original buffer to the minibuffer was not rejected. The only problem is that we have to find a good keybinding. One proposal was to use `M-.', so when the cursor is on the string `list-load-path-shadows' you can type M-x M-. RET -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/