From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8085: 24.0.50; (emacs) Minibuffer History Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:11:30 -0500 Message-ID: <87hbbpdt65.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1298846227 7830 80.91.229.12 (27 Feb 2011 22:37:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:37:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8085@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 27 23:37:02 2011 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 1PtpEc-0003GS-30 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:37:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35570 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PtpEb-0000n6-HP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:37:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47687 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PtpES-0000mS-MR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:36:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PtpEN-0002je-Nn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:36:52 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:40851) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PtpEN-0002jQ-MM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:36:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PtoqQ-0003AB-BA; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:12:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:12:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8085 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8085-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8085.129884469712113 (code B ref 8085); Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:12:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8085) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Feb 2011 22:11:37 +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 1Ptoq0-00039K-Qn for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:11:37 -0500 Original-Received: from vm-emlprdomr-06.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.147]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ptopz-000397-Bn for 8085@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:11:36 -0500 Original-Received: from furball ([64.134.100.146]) (authenticated bits=0) by vm-emlprdomr-06.its.yale.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p1RMBTal004216 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:11:29 -0500 Original-Received: by furball (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 269231600E7; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:11:30 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:52:29 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on 130.132.50.147 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:12:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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:44421 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > "A history list is actually a symbol, not a list; it is a variable whose > value is a list of strings (previous inputs), most recent first." > > That's true except for one exception AFAIK (are there others?): > `command-history'. It's value is a list of sexps, not a list of > strings. The sentence is referring to minibuffer history lists; command-history is not one. I've tweaked the documentation to make this clearer.