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#38026
[PATCH] Explain negative NABS in `goto-history-element'.
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Reported by: Hong Xu <hong <at> topbug.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 01:09:01 UTC
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #8 received at 38026 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> From: Hong Xu <hong <at> topbug.net>
> Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 18:08:38 -0700
>
>
> --- a/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi
> +++ b/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi
> @@ -2339,6 +2339,11 @@ Minibuffer Commands
> minibuffer. The argument @var{nabs} specifies the absolute history
> position in descending order, where 0 means the current element and a
> positive number @var{n} means the @var{n}th previous element.
> +
> +@{nabs} being a negative number @var{n} means the @var{n-1}th element
> +of @code{minibuffer-default} if it is a list, or otherwise the value
> +of @code{minibuffer-default}. This is usually an intelligent guess of
> +what the user intends to input."
Thanks, but I don't see how this clarifies the issue. Can you tell
more about your motivation?
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