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bug#59486: completion-auto-wrap disobeyed by vertical navigation
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#59486: completion-auto-wrap disobeyed by vertical navigation |
Date: |
Thu, 24 Nov 2022 20:43:58 +0200 |
> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: 59486@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 20:30:00 +0200
>
> > I don't really understand the difference between minibuffer-previous-* and
> > minibuffer-previous-line-* commands (the available documentation is minimal
> > and doesn't explain this difference), so it's hard to suggest an
> > alternative.
>
> minibuffer-previous-* are intended to navigate the completion list
> horizontally while the minibuffer is active, and minibuffer-previous-line-*
> vertically.
Then the names could be simplified as minibuffer-up-line and
minibuffer-down-line. It will also make the names less confusing, IMO.
> > But one immediate alternative is to use <LEFT> and <RIGHT> for
> > the minibuffer-previous-* family, like previous-completion does.
>
> <LEFT> and <RIGHT> are useful to move point in the minibuffer.
Then maybe PgUp and PgDn?
> But do you think it would be okay to use <LEFT> and <RIGHT>
> for navigation of completions from the minibuffer after
> adding a new user option, when is non-nil (disabled by default)?
If the arrow keys are already taken, having an option that will change their
effect would be confusing, I think.
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