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Re: History completion
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
Re: History completion |
Date: |
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:12:49 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> I think that such a completion should always be triggered by the user,
> and not automatically.
>
> To cycle the history ring with a given prefix string, I suggest C-n/p.
> The minibuffer is always a single line after all, or am I missing
> something?
This assumption is not always correct. Sometimes the minibuffer
takes a few lines.
> M-n/p can't be taken, and the same applies to C-M-n/p.
Correct.
> Another suggestion would be to follow comint mode's bindings: C-c M-r/s.
> But, unlike comint's case, C-c M-p/n aren't being used so it's also an
> option.
Two key presses is not the most convenient to browse completions.
Horizontal Icomplete uses ‘C-,’ and ‘C-.’.