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Prefix arg for xref-goto-xref

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>, 44611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44611: Prefix arg for xref-goto-xref
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 14:52:22 -0800 (PST)

> > And in icomplete-mode the closest analogy to picking one result is 'C-j'
> 
> If people like it, I'm totally fine with changing the binding to 'C-j'.

I don't use xref.  Dunno whether it uses the minibuffer.

But if it does then, FWIW, IMO `C-j' in the minibuffer should
have its usual behavior of inserting a newline.

The minibuffer lets you do ordinary text editing of your
input, which can be multiline.  It should, at least.

(For the same reason, `?', `SPC' etc. should have their usual,
self-inserting behavior in the minibuffer.  It was misguided
to have them show help and complete words.  We finally, after
decades, got `SPC' to self-insert for file-name completion,
at least.)

Just one opinion.

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