Re: C-r and C-s in minibuffer should search completion

[Juri Linkov]

>> However, I think PgDn is a good candidate for a new command that
>> just like PgUp displays a list of completions in a separate buffer,
>> will display a list of elements from the history list in a
>> separate buffer.  I think this would be a useful feature.
>> It will allow browsing all elements of the history list in one buffer
>> and using normal isearch to search them.
>
> I proposed M-o, but which key you choose is not so important.
>
> However, I would argue to reserve the pair of keys `next' and `prior'
> (sometimes labeled PgDn and PgUp) for something that, well, comes in pairs
> and has some notion of, well, next and previous. That just makes sense.

I agree that PgUp and PgDn are not the best keys since when there is
no completion they just do the same as M-n and M-p, so they behave
differently when there is a completion list.

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Juri Linkov
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