From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: uzibalqa via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#57163: completing-read not allow cycling of the options by default Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:34:42 +0000 Message-ID: References: <83tu6gknta.fsf@gnu.org> <83r11kkmmu.fsf@gnu.org> <83k07bl66z.fsf@gnu.org> <-qQFoEYeOk9XtGrbenYCxKUz2BqvVEvFF8l_HqKxq3MGYVe1uxGsefA6PjnOHKZ_VfiNQlPCHafcmCoVvgmYeGCLIGZKttqd2FPRK_1WqPk=@proton.me> <83mtc6kddc.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: uzibalqa Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="12785"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, 57163@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 14 18:35:32 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGaI-000382-Aq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 18:35:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34564 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGaG-0000hl-8a for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:35:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33538) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGZr-0000fw-35 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:35:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:49944) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGZq-0004IB-QR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:35:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGZq-0005oP-LZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:35:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: uzibalqa Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:35:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 57163 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 57163-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B57163.166049489622312 (code B ref 57163); Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:35:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 57163) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Aug 2022 16:34:56 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39690 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGZj-0005nn-Nm for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:34:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4318.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.18]:19627) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oNGZg-0005nQ-Go for 57163@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:34:54 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=protonmail; t=1660494885; x=1660754085; bh=XwsgbUAurh6en1O/5xQT1sInLL6ayexiBlOa+wSaNlg=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To: References:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To: Feedback-ID:Message-ID; b=HiqZc7KlzwdXT5XhwNSJBXJ4+coM773RtsQA06SD+jHX4xRaFnoLaIOTN1cJnpBJD DVv2wVjbFCl/cuzYll8CEVbP4T29rdehIGRtz7X+sqsB0mt8DEETL4u8YoDdKcZ8df aOjvZD+ne7uNzWLsm/WvkDaWV56GQGkTHblCiQxDkoVShfJDTwvaSCekxJ6zmH5+b+ dwEPf3qgU+SsZoNJ/3DCIjFdv4M4pRpwu5v1eG4BecTttCIK+zLFT/CokLBrJk+VU8 ceaoOrGiLwhNYhHuWrHXSYRQHiGMdw3bHLuc5aiunqSrUKYvZAyxmmDcn1uXrkQo7G Uv9i+SFmp0t3g== In-Reply-To: <83mtc6kddc.fsf@gnu.org> Feedback-ID: 52887082:user:proton X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" X-ACL-Warn: , uzibalqa Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:239667 Archived-At: Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Sunday, August 14th, 2022 at 4:18 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote= : > > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:14:40 +0000 > > From: uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me > > Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, 57163-done@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > > Well, you are supposed to read the entire chapter, not just one > > > section. Reading a single section is for those who know what they are > > > after, and get to the section via the index entries. > > > > Expecting the reading of entire chapters, and then having to associate > > commands under different headings to different functionalities is a fai= ling > > strategy. > > > That's the recommended practice of learning about this subject when > you are not familiar with it (as you seem to be). Reading single > sections in this situation is not a very effective way of learning > about this. Completion is defined as a feature that fills in the rest of a name startin= g from an abbreviation for it. Easily leads to confusion because one does not common= ly associate completion with next selection element. Have looked at "Variable: minibuffer-local-map" which states that it is the= default local keymap for reading from the minibuffer. By default, it makes= the following bindings: But that list is not complete because it associates M-n and M-p only with h= istory elements.