From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@jidanni.org>,
"48134@debbugs.gnu.org" <48134@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#48134: [External] : bug#48134: When sitting on top of a M-x item in the manual
Date: Sun, 02 May 2021 23:52:11 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87im403ll0.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SA2PR10MB4474F7A785401276B64D6630F35D9@SA2PR10MB4474.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 1 May 2021 23:23:33 +0000")
>> > With cursor on `list-colors-display', `M-x', then `M-.'
>> > pulls that text into the minibuffer: `M-x M-. RET'.
>>
>> `M-x M-. RET' can't be used because `M-.' is bound to the command
>> `xref-find-definitions' useful in the minibuffer too.
>
> Yes, well choose another key then.
Which one?
> It's unfortunate that Emacs has chosen to waste a
> repeatable key on a nonrepeatable command such as
> `xref-find-definitions', but so it goes.
A command to pull text to the minibuffer is not repeatable either.
> What I tried to suggest was to have a more general
> feature to insert text at point into the minibuffer.
> There are lots of possibilities for that.
I agree such a command would be useful.
But to what key to bind it?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-02 20:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-01 5:41 bug#48134: When sitting on top of a M-x item in the manual 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-05-01 8:59 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2021-05-01 12:15 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-05-02 7:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-02 14:09 ` Howard Melman
2021-05-02 16:09 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2021-05-03 9:00 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-01 14:01 ` bug#48134: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-05-01 14:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-01 16:28 ` Drew Adams
2021-05-01 20:09 ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-01 23:23 ` Drew Adams
2021-05-02 20:52 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2021-05-03 0:35 ` Drew Adams
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