From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Losing minibuffer input Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:22:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <87fvds2r5i.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87zjbokx0t.fsf@mail.linkov.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416370975 15344 80.91.229.3 (19 Nov 2014 04:22:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 04:22:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov , Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 19 05:22:47 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1Xqwn1-0003bt-8A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:22:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56465 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xqwmt-0002Vl-L9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:22:39 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35216) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XqwmZ-0002Uo-Dy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:22:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XqwmQ-0006Ej-Lf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:22:19 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:23901) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XqwmQ-0006Ec-Eh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:22:10 -0500 Original-Received: from ucsinet22.oracle.com (ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id sAJ4M8ZJ032613 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 19 Nov 2014 04:22:09 GMT Original-Received: from userz7021.oracle.com (userz7021.oracle.com [156.151.31.85]) by ucsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.5) with ESMTP id sAJ4M74e016451 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Wed, 19 Nov 2014 04:22:08 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0020.oracle.com (abhmp0020.oracle.com [141.146.116.26]) by userz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id sAJ4M7lB013957; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 04:22:07 GMT In-Reply-To: <87zjbokx0t.fsf@mail.linkov.net> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8.2 (807160) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:177710 Archived-At: > There is another convenience in other programs that we could use. > Most programs allow typing S-RET to insert a newline in their > analogue of the minibuffer. Even though it might be unavailable > on some terminals, what do you think about adding it for GUI=20 > sessions? Again, please don't.=20 [FWIW, S-RET is used in at least one 3rd-party library for an alternative (to RET) action on the input.] What makes more sense, IMO, is to simply let `C-j' (newline) be self-inserting. There is no reason not to - along with `?' and `SPC' (generally, not just for file names). But I repeat myself...