From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: comint-accumulate-marker Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:25:22 -0400 Message-ID: <87hd4rm8hl.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <17476.46513.178110.694161@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145359555 13761 80.91.229.2 (18 Apr 2006 11:25:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:25:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, JD Smith Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 18 13:25:52 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FVoL6-0005s0-1C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:25:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FVoL5-0003yS-G5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:25:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FVoKo-0003vO-8j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:25:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FVoKm-0003uh-PT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:25:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FVoKm-0003ub-Hf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:25:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.34] (helo=tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FVoLe-000669-4R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:26:22 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor ([70.53.192.213]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20060418112527.SNRV29052.tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:25:27 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 420A4D7C8B; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:25:23 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: Nick Roberts In-Reply-To: <17476.46513.178110.694161@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:47:29 +1200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:53001 Archived-At: >> + (defcustom comint-save-partial-input nil >> + "*If non-nil, save partial input at the prompt when cycling through history. >> + The saved input is recovered when moving off of the end of input >> + history in either direction. If no input, restores blank line." >> + :type 'boolean >> + :group 'comint) > ... > How about (current input is a term already used in comint.el): > (defcustom comint-keep-current-input t > "If non-nil, don't clobber the current input when cycling through history." > (Since it's an improvement why not make it the default? Most people won't > even know/need to know it's an option). Why bother making it a configuration option, even? Stefan