* bug#37948: [PATCH] Add doc for goto-history-element.
@ 2019-10-27 20:48 Hong Xu
2019-10-28 15:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Hong Xu @ 2019-10-27 20:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 37948
* lisp/simple.el (goto-history-element): Clarify NABS.
* doc/lispref/minibuf.texi (Minibuffer Commands): Add goto-history-element.
---
doc/lispref/minibuf.texi | 6 ++++++
lisp/simple.el | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi b/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi
index dd51181db009..d5a160140532 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi
@@ -2334,6 +2334,12 @@ Minibuffer Commands
contents of the minibuffer before the point.
@end deffn
+@deffn Command goto-history-element nabs
+Puts element of the minibuffer history in the minibuffer. The
+argument @var{nabs} specifies the absolute history position in
+descending order, where 0 means the current element and a positive
+number N means the Nth previous element.
+@end deffn
@node Minibuffer Windows
@section Minibuffer Windows
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 5502cd49aa42..fcd271527075 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -2128,7 +2128,9 @@ minibuffer-default-add-completions
(defun goto-history-element (nabs)
"Puts element of the minibuffer history in the minibuffer.
-The argument NABS specifies the absolute history position."
+The argument NABS specifies the absolute history position in
+descending order, where 0 means the current element and a
+positive number N means the Nth previous element."
(interactive "p")
(when (and (not minibuffer-default-add-done)
(functionp minibuffer-default-add-function)
--
2.20.1
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* bug#37948: [PATCH] Add doc for goto-history-element.
2019-10-27 20:48 bug#37948: [PATCH] Add doc for goto-history-element Hong Xu
@ 2019-10-28 15:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2019-10-28 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Hong Xu; +Cc: 37948
Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net> writes:
> * lisp/simple.el (goto-history-element): Clarify NABS.
>
> * doc/lispref/minibuf.texi (Minibuffer Commands): Add goto-history-element.
Makes sense; I've now applied this to Emacs 27.
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