GNU bug report logs - #10477
zap-to-char should allow picking from history

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Message #30 received at 10477 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 10477 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#10477: zap-to-char should allow picking from history
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:34:55 +0200

>>> I've now implemented this in Emacs 27 -- it was more code than expected,
>>> so perhaps simple.el isn't the right place for it.  On the other hand,
>>> `zap-to-char' is there, so perhaps that's the right place for it?
>>
>> I tried typing the up arrow, but it fails with the error
>> "Non-character input-event".  Is this intentional?
>
> That's the way the command has always worked, so I didn't change that.

I tried the up arrow because this is what OP asked to implement:

  "zap-to-char should allow typing e.g., the up arrow to pick a recently used
   character, and then RET."

Using read-from-minibuffer would allow this for free.

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