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29.1; Make register-read-with-preview more useful

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 66394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#66394: 29.1; Make register-read-with-preview more useful
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 05:42:45 +0200

Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net> writes:

> Yes but I think this should go into another commit on top of my patch
> to avoid having a "too big patch".

Yes, maybe.

Ok, some more remarks (I have looked at that url now...):

* Would it make sense to also allow M-n (known as "future history" for
  `completing-read') to gather the next free register (seems also
  natural - just a thought)

* Multiple times I saw "contains no text" where a better hint would have
  been to say "empty".  Not all registers contain text.  Happens
  e.g. for C-x r SPC R where R is any unused register.

* register-preview-default-keys may be initialized using
  (mapcar #'string (number-sequence ?a ?z)) if you like.


Hope we get more opinions about this interface suggestion.


Thx,

Michael.

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