GNU bug report logs - #46033
up arrow in query replace should not step into the prompt

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Message #8 received at 46033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: reporter <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 46033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46033: up arrow in query replace should not step into the
 prompt
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:55:20 +0200

> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:21:50 +0000
> From: laszlomail--- via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> Up/down arrow is useful in the replace prompt, because sometimes
> the replace text is long and spans multiple lines, so up/down is
> handy to navigate it.
> 
> Up arrow can also retrieve previous history lines when you are
> already at the top line of the replacement.
> 
> However, if there is a multiline replacement default in the
> prompt then up arrow steps into the prompt first and only further
> presses retrieve history:
> 
> https://i.imgur.com/7G3FcPX.png
> 
> Up arrow should not lead the user uselessly into the prompt text.

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.

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