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up arrow in query replace should not step into the prompt

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: reporter <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>, 46033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46033: up arrow  in query replace should not step into the prompt
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:44:52 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> This is a feature: it allows you to scroll through the text shown in
> the minibuffer, in case you want to edit it.  Use M-p to go directly
> to the previous history.

I think the complaint is that this:

M-: (read-string "Foo: ")
<up>

and this:

M-: (read-string "This is a very long prompt indeed and it goes on and on and never seems to stop oh yes now it did: ")
<up>

work very differently.  In the first case, the <up> works the same as
`M-p',  In the latter case, <up> puts point into the prompt.

It does seem inconsistent.

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