From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7567: Please add a history variable to read-regexp Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 20:09:55 -0800 Message-ID: References: <2609D1C2B5E5457EA2582273774B4CE2@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291695341 15364 80.91.229.12 (7 Dec 2010 04:15:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 04:15:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7567@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Lennart Borgman'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 07 05:15:34 2010 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 1PPoxh-0000kD-5a for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:15:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48528 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PPoxg-0005we-Dm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:15:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36980 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PPoxZ-0005wE-Pm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:15:27 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PPoxY-0001Ep-Fq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:15:25 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37017) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PPoxY-0001Ej-Bi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:15:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PPooU-0008A2-5i; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:06:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:06:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7567 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7567-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7567.129169475231353 (code B ref 7567); Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:06:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7567) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Dec 2010 04:05:52 +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 1PPooJ-00089d-Qx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:05:52 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PPooH-00089N-RE for 7567@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:05:50 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id oB74BgXk032750 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 7 Dec 2010 04:11:43 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt354.oracle.com (acsmt354.oracle.com [141.146.40.154]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id oB74BfYo014507; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 04:11:41 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt009.oracle.com by acsmt355.oracle.com with ESMTP id 850195521291694997; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:09:57 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.219.164) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:09:56 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcuVnJnryxKQRKDTSUOI13+ER+tRfwAJye9A X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:06:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:42254 Archived-At: In answer to a question from Lennart off list I realize that I misunderstood his request. In spite of the Subject line, which I think I skipped over, I mistakenly thought he was just requesting that `read-regexp' use a _different_ history variable (e.g. `read-regexp-history') in its call to `read-from-minibuffer'. I didn't realize that he was really requesting that `read-regexp' accept an additional, optional HISTORY arg, which would be passed to `read-from-minibuffer' (nil HISTORY would mean to pass `regexp-history', as now). Now that I understand, I agree with Lennart. There is no reason not to let `read-regexp' be even more general by parameterizing it with a HISTORY parameter. Sorry for misunderstanding. In case others also misunderstood, this is the idea: (defun read-regexp (prompt &optional default-value history) "... Non-nil HISTORY is a symbol to use as the history variable. If HISTORY is nil, `regexp-history' is used." ...)