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bug#36525: M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO
From: |
Basil L. Contovounesios |
Subject: |
bug#36525: M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO |
Date: |
Tue, 09 Jul 2019 13:24:16 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
>>>>>> "BLC" == Basil L Contovounesios <contovob@tcd.ie> writes:
>>> 2. Put the cursor on top of
>>> ‘M-x list-coding-systems’
>>>
>>> 3. Hit M-x
>>>
>>> Wouldn't it be great if we saw that it was now the default in the
>>> minibuffer?
>
> BLC> Try M-n.
> BLC> This runs next-history-element; see (info "(emacs) Minibuffer History").
>
> Ah ha...
> So how about instead of the user typing M-x M-n, he just types M-x for
> the exact same effect.
> Now all he has to do is either hit RET, or replace the text with what he
> wants instead.
Inserting text in the minibuffer is intrusive and discouraged;
see (info "(elisp) Initial Input").
Making M-x interpret empty input as the symbol at point changes
long-standing behaviour of a central feature and makes it easier to make
a mistake. IMO typing M-n is not only good enough, but better, since it
works across all standard minibuffer reading functions.
You can always write a custom command to default to the command name at
point without needing to change M-x for everyone.
--
Basil
- bug#36525: M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO, (continued)
bug#36525: M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2019/07/07
- bug#36525: M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson, 2019/07/09
- bug#36525: M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO, Stefan Kangas, 2019/07/09
- bug#36525: M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson, 2019/07/09
- bug#36525: M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO, Stefan Kangas, 2019/07/09
- bug#36525: M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2019/07/09
- bug#36525: M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO, Sebastian Urban, 2019/07/15
bug#36525: M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO,
Basil L. Contovounesios <=