From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dani Moncayo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16740: 24.2; Please allow C-p and C-n in minibuffer Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:53:06 +0100 Message-ID: References: <7E039918541B4C4183BFDB8F015C743065ACC6@WCL-EXCH02.wcl.local> <266758c2-0b11-4526-854e-bb655805478a@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392303377 17324 80.91.229.3 (13 Feb 2014 14:56:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:56:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "16740@debbugs.gnu.org" <16740@debbugs.gnu.org>, Ed Avis To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 13 15:56:25 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WDxi9-0004oQ-Tk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:56:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46853 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WDxi9-0005M7-J0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:56:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46987) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WDxg0-0001U5-Jz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:54:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WDxfv-0004uH-6n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:54:08 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49026) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WDxfv-0004u5-2y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:54:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WDxfu-00063U-Ja for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:54:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Dani Moncayo Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:54:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16740 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16740-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16740.139230319523202 (code B ref 16740); Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:54:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16740) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Feb 2014 14:53:15 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50208 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WDxf8-000629-UL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:53:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-la0-f44.google.com ([209.85.215.44]:47715) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WDxf6-00061t-KP for 16740@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:53:13 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-la0-f44.google.com with SMTP id hr13so8367317lab.31 for <16740@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 06:53:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=eiTdBiHchLRVLm8gPGHgPBpVErF2pc9emxywDSAKcTo=; b=MjpySFZ+ODZda9zATOSH50xg1ZmSM76u8dqEfD396AHuz2CzpqsKwhKxVhftEIVRSF jD8rn6BzDZnueHW78rLf41DP/gmH0gW9XPAZag5KFGAu1Vp5/fReGx8CB7W3mdeNGFpS BOPY1722dw4lm87NHWyPhAqNRi5w9KfA8mhMOszMMkqUNNg6LklehaWEh1TJGcEy5z8w TA/ey+8GAPFt3WPIMviQAalJbC5FQpgFFHX//qAlSHwrioU/DzkK5rvtkQwfoIJD3l+a ply4lnTLNcshZUPUsboJnoIKCLdBprA1MyEaI4joEi/4g1cK+gOrQVugg0toQVwzWDIn oBgQ== X-Received: by 10.112.189.68 with SMTP id gg4mr1298052lbc.18.1392303186338; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 06:53:06 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.114.18.69 with HTTP; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 06:53:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <266758c2-0b11-4526-854e-bb655805478a@default> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:85477 Archived-At: On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Drew Adams wrote: >> But we could make C-p/C-n jump to the previous/next history element >> when called from the first/last line, which would combine both >> behaviors. The implementation should be careful to make sure that >> C-p followed by C-n brings you back to the same position (same for >> C-n followed by C-p), otherwise such behavior can get irritating >> when you accidentally hit C-p from the first line. > > Just makes the user interaction more confusing. > > In particular, in some cases it might not be obvious to a user > that s?he is at the last line, or s?he might not notice that fact. > > Or s?he might intentionally hold down `C-n' or `C-p' to get to the > end or start without counting or looking after each keypress. > > YAGNI. That's exactly what I think. I've just filed a request to the Bash developers (bug-bash@gnu.org) about this [1]. Let's see what they say... --- footnotes --- [1] But it doesn't appear yet at http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2014-02/index.html -- Dani Moncayo