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bug#16740: 24.2; Please allow C-p and C-n in minibuffer
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Dani Moncayo |
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bug#16740: 24.2; Please allow C-p and C-n in minibuffer |
Date: |
Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:53:06 +0100 |
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> 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
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Dani Moncayo