GNU bug report logs - #10221
load-library doesn't add filenames to history

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 12:17:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: load-library doesn't add filenames to history
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:15:34 +0800

I do M-x load-library /some/file/name .
Then later I do another command that asks for a file name.
I find /some/file/name has not been added to the history list so I have
to type it all in again instead of being able to use the arrows, etc.
emacs-version "24.0.91.1"
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From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10221: load-library doesn't add filenames to history
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:20:25 -0700

On 12/4/11 11:15 PM, jidanni <at> jidanni.org wrote:
> I do M-x load-library /some/file/name .
> Then later I do another command that asks for a file name.
> I find /some/file/name has not been added to the history list so I have
> to type it all in again instead of being able to use the arrows, etc.
> emacs-version "24.0.91.1"

If you provide an absolute path to the library, why not use load-file instead
of load-library?

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 10221 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10221: load-library doesn't add filenames to history
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:21:56 +0800

jidanni <at> jidanni.org writes:

> I do M-x load-library /some/file/name .
> Then later I do another command that asks for a file name.
> I find /some/file/name has not been added to the history list so I have
> to type it all in again instead of being able to use the arrows, etc.
> emacs-version "24.0.91.1"

load-library uses the default history list, `minibuffer-history'.  It's
generally used to read Lisp symbols (package names), not file names.
The find-file command uses a different history list.
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:24:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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