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24.3.50; (emacs) `Minibuffer History'

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, 13333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13333: 24.3.50; (emacs) `Minibuffer History'
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:05:21 +0200

Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org> writes:

> The idea of replacing DEFAULT with (DEFAULT . SUGGESTIONS) is also not
> really optimal IMO.

I think the suggestion was replacing DEFAULTS with (DEFAULT . SUGGESTIONS),
though...

> The problem is that DEFAULT would not only be the
> value that is used when the user hits RET with an empty input, it is
> also the first value inserted when hitting M-n, that is, it is also
> the first SUGGESTION.

I guess you could look at it that way...  but I'd say that the first
`M-n' gives you the default, and then you get the suggestions.

> What I would suggest instead is to replace DEFAULTS with
> FUTURE-HISTORY, with an explanation that the first element of
> FUTURE-HISTORY is used when the user hist RET with an empty input.

Hm...  I dunno...  

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