GNU bug report logs - #380
previous-matching-history-element beef up

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:15:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 380 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 380 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#380: previous-matching-history-element beef up
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 07:15:03 +0200

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

>> And when one does hit that second M-r, it would be nice if the prompt
>> would show what the current default search string is. All it ever says is
>> "Previous element matching (regexp): " though indeed it remembers a
>> default all the time at least after first use.
>
> Indeed, it should probably use the " (default <foo>)" convention.
> But maybe that would be impractical because the prompt would then be
> too long.

It's a bit on the long side, but I think it helps usability a lot, so
I've made this change on the trunk now.

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