From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#380: previous-matching-history-element beef up Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:27:59 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87ej76qy6u.fsf@jidanni.org> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 380@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213040848 16391 80.91.229.12 (9 Jun 2008 19:47:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:47:28 +0000 (UTC) To: 380@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 09 21:48:11 2008 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 4.50) id 1K5nLb-0005X5-IV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:48:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54457 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5nKo-00050e-4w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:47:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5nKh-0004zy-JR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:47:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5nKf-0004vn-2V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:47:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43319 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5nKe-0004ve-Ok for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:47:08 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:57829) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K5nKe-00076P-7Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:47:08 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m59Jl6mj007072; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:47:06 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m59JZ4lT003631; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:35:04 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:35:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 380 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 380-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B380.12130396932296 (code B ref 380); Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:35:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 380) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 9 Jun 2008 19:28:13 +0000 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (mercure.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.67]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m59JS96K002290 for <380@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:28:10 -0700 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DEFB2CF94C; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:28:09 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEA343FE0; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:27:59 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D0D8A41BEC; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:27:59 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87ej76qy6u.fsf@jidanni.org> (jidanni@jidanni.org's message of "Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:07:37 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:47:11 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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:18308 Archived-At: tag 380 +wishlist thanks > And when one does hit that second M-r, it would be nice if the prompt > would show what the current default search string is. All it ever says is > "Previous element matching (regexp): " though indeed it remembers a > default all the time at least after first use. Indeed, it should probably use the " (default )" convention. But maybe that would be impractical because the prompt would then be too long. > Also some of us would like C-r to "bust through" into previous lines, > so we don't have to use the less familiar M-r (ESC r for us old dogs > who never learned new ALT tricks). Maybe make a variable to allow > that. I don't know what you mean by "bust through", but in Emacs-23, C-s and C-r (i.e. isearch) will automatically jump through the history to find the next match. Maybe that's what you meant. Stefan