GNU bug report logs - #29619
Fwd: [xref.el] Add `xref-find-references` to `xref-prompt-for-identifier`

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ray <emacsray <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 21:55:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: guillaume papin <guillaume.papin <at> epitech.eu>
To: "29619 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <29619 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, "dgutov <at> yandex.ru" <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: "emacsray <at> gmail.com" <emacsray <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#29619: Fwd: [xref.el] Add `xref-find-references` to `xref-prompt-for-identifier`
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:20:24 +0000

On 2017/12/09 5:25 PM, Dmitry Gutov wrote:

> On 12/8/17 11:27 PM, Ray wrote:
> > Currently, xref-find-references prompts for the identifier to look up,
> > because it is not listed in xref-prompt-for-identifier:
> > 
> > (defcustom xref-prompt-for-identifier '(not xref-find-definitions
> >                                              xref-find-definitions-other-window
> >                                              xref-find-definitions-other-frame)
> > 
> > It will be much core convenient to add xref-find-references in the list.
> 
> We've discussed it before, and for now have settled on this list of 
> non-prompting functions.
> 
> But thank you for your report. We may change the default if more people 
> feel the same.

Just wanted to chime in to say that I feel the same as Ray.

The commands already have related keybindings, M-. and M-?.
I would find it more intuitive, if they also had similar behaviors.
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