GNU bug report logs - #29529
next-line-add-newlines shouldn't be respected in next-line-or-history-element

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Daniel Gildea <gildea <at> cs.rochester.edu>
Subject: bug#27941: closed (Re: bug#29529: next-line-add-newlines
 shouldn't be respected in next-line-or-history-element)
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2017 16:02:05 +0000

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Your bug report

#29529: 25.2; next-line-add-newlines and minibuffer

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 27941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "E. Choroba" <choroba <at> matfyz.cz>
Cc: 29529-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29529: next-line-add-newlines shouldn't be respected in
 next-line-or-history-element
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2017 18:00:36 +0200

> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 23:49:56 +0100 (CET)
> From: "E. Choroba" <choroba <at> matfyz.cz>
> 
> I don't like the "end of buffer" errors, so I have switched 
> next-line-add-newlines to t. In recent Emacs versions, though, this makes it 
> impossible to browse the minibuffer history with cursor arrows: <down> adds a 
> newline into the minibufer instead of showing the next history element. M-n 
> works correctly, though.
> 
> Steps to reproduce (tested in 25.3.1):
> 
> emacs -Q
> (setq next-line-add-newlines t) C-x C-e
> C-x C-f <down>
> 
> Solution:
> 
> Set the variable to nil locally in next-line-or-history-element.
> 
> Patch:

Thanks, I installed your patch.

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From: Daniel Gildea <gildea <at> cs.rochester.edu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.2; next-line-add-newlines and minibuffer
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2017 02:14:00 -0400

If you

(setq next-line-add-newlines t)

then pressing <down> in the minibuffer always adds a newline,
rather than moving to the next history item.

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