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bug#7567: Please add a history variable to read-regexp


From: Drew Adams
Subject: bug#7567: Please add a history variable to read-regexp
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 19:03:47 -0800

> > It's impossible to have it both ways, because the user's 
> > intention is a variable that cannot easily and always be
> > taken into consideration.  IOW, there are some
> > things the programmer can decide when writing the function 
> > call that reads input (you can use any history var you want,
> > including new ones), but still you cannot
> > always know what the user really needs/wants.
> 
> Does Icicles provide a way for the user to select and switch
> history variables dynamically while the minibuffer is active?
> This looks like a possible way to overcome this limitation.

No, it doesn't. ;-)






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