GNU bug report logs - #17705
[PATCH] lisp/help.el (where-is): don't recreate completing-read's functionality for defaults

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Cameron Desautels <camdez <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 18:09:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Merged with 20390

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Cameron Desautels <camdez <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] lisp/help.el (where-is): don't recreate completing-read's
 functionality for defaults
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 13:08:02 -0500

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
`where-is` was looking for empty string return values from
`completing-read` and swapping in a default value in that
case. Updated now to use the default-handling mechanism provided by
`completing-read`, rather than recreating it.

This also provides a bit of extra capability because now the user can
insert the default value into the minibuffer (for modification) via
`next-history-element` (so-called "future history", described in the
elisp manual).

-- 
Cameron Desautels <camdez <at> gmail.com>

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