GNU bug report logs - #38026
[PATCH] Explain negative NABS in `goto-history-element'.

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Package: emacs;

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: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Hong Xu <hong <at> topbug.net>
Cc: 38026 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38026: [PATCH] Explain negative NABS in
 `goto-history-element'.
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 10:03:19 +0200
> 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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