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26.3; goto-line should not share input history with other commands

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Federico Tedin <federicotedin <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 38282 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38282: 26.3; goto-line should not share input history with
 other commands
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 14:51:18 +0100

Federico Tedin <federicotedin <at> gmail.com> writes:

> When using goto-line (M-g M-g), I usually tend to jump to lines which I
> have jumped to in the past. Because goto-line shares input history with
> other commands (like `read-from-minibuffer'), sometimes these numbers
> get buried among strings that I have entered for other commands. I think
> it would make sense to give goto-line a separate input history to make
> finding past lines easier.

Yes, the Emacs behaviour here has annoyed me, too.

`goto-line' basically just calls `read-number' (which calls
`read-from-minibuffer' with the "default" nil history) -- I wonder
whether it would make sense to have a separate history for `read-number'
so that all numbers that are read share a history?  Or is that too
drastic?

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