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bug#12490: 24.2; Search inside Minibuffer don't work with M-x (M-x C-s)
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Stefan Kangas |
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bug#12490: 24.2; Search inside Minibuffer don't work with M-x (M-x C-s) |
Date: |
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 23:25:07 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org> writes:
>> I want to report, that most used function stop working in Emacs 24
>> (tested 2 versions 24.1.1 and latest 24.2.1). I use Search in
>> Mini buffer a lot (don't know if people use it or not). If you call
>> search C-s when inside minibuffer like C-h f C-s you can search the
>> content of Minibuffer like search for functions or for buffer name to
>> switch like C-x b C-s (better then ido mode). And in Emacs 24 M-x C-s
>> stop working so I you can't search for interactive function to execute
>> anymore. It was working in 23.3 provided by Ubuntu (package
>> 23.3+1-1ubuntu4).
>
> Sorry, this feature has been removed by http://debbugs.gnu.org/5214
> and http://debbugs.gnu.org/5364
>
> But it's easy to restore it with a simple patch that prepends the
> current default value (a command at point) to the sorted list of
> all available command names:
>
> === modified file 'lisp/simple.el'
> --- lisp/simple.el 2012-09-22 20:53:16 +0000
> +++ lisp/simple.el 2012-09-22 23:20:41 +0000
> @@ -1352,9 +1352,15 @@ (defun read-extended-command ()
> (lambda ()
> ;; Get a command name at point in the original buffer
> ;; to propose it after M-n.
> - (with-current-buffer (window-buffer (minibuffer-selected-window))
> - (and (commandp (function-called-at-point))
> - (format "%S" (function-called-at-point)))))))
> + (let ((def (with-current-buffer
> + (window-buffer (minibuffer-selected-window))
> + (and (commandp (function-called-at-point))
> + (format "%S" (function-called-at-point)))))
> + (all (sort (minibuffer-default-add-completions)
> + (lambda (a b) (string< a b)))))
> + (if def
> + (cons def (delete def all))
> + all)))))
> ;; Read a string, completing from and restricting to the set of
> ;; all defined commands. Don't provide any initial input.
> ;; Save the command read on the extended-command history list.
I tested this patch. It works, and the behaviour seems better than
what we have now.
Should it perhaps be installed?
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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