GNU bug report logs - #38797
27.0.50; Feature request: provide the opposite of xref-pop-marker-stack

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: yyoncho <yyoncho <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 18:12:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>, yyoncho <yyoncho <at> gmail.com>, 38797 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38797: 27.0.50; Feature request: provide the opposite of xref-pop-marker-stack
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 02:22:06 +0300

On 24.10.2021 22:10, Juri Linkov wrote:
>> That reminds me of a potential feature: saving the history of searches and
>> going back/forward between them, in the manner of help-go-back and
>> help-go-forward (maybe even with same keybindings).
>>
>>  From that perspective, we could choose the names in advance. Either
>>
>>    xref-go-back/forward and xref-history-back/forward
>>
>> or, I suppose
>>
>>    xref-back-history/forward-history and xref-searches-back/forward
>>
>> ...something like that.
> 
> I never had such a problem thanks to the customization
> that creates a new buffer for every search:
> 
>    (add-hook 'xref--xref-buffer-mode-hook 'rename-uniquely)

It's a nice intermediate solution, but it would also be nice to be able 
to quickly iterate across previous searches. No?
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