[Conkeror] conkeror-xr: string input with history?

[Mark Eichin]

Hmm, looking at emacs' (interactive), it appears that it's simpler
just because it's lisp, so it only needs "simple string" and "eval and
expect a simple string."  Though that model might work here too, even
if it means using a list of strings; it lets you put one is-function
check up front...

(For my particular case, it turns out that to get simple history, I
can just use "url_or_webjump" instead of "s", since there's no actual
url-sanity check :-)

Hmm, emacs also kind of cheats in that (completing-read) isn't a part
of (interactive) at all - it just goes and gets the answer, and you're
trying to combine them more closely (which I think I favor, but it
does explain the list-of-functions a little better.)



On 11/5/07, John J Foerch <jjfoerch at earthlink.net> wrote:
> "Mark Eichin" <eichin at gmail.com> writes:
> > I need an interactive() mode that lets me prompt for a string with
> > history.  I used to do this with miniBufferComplete; while [["s",
> > "prompt: "]] is working to get the input at all, m-p doesn't show any
> > prior values.
> >
> > Should I be adding something to interactive_methods?  And if so...
> > what I really want is something to let me input a list of single-word
> > tag names, with completion (and history.)  Should I just start with
> > what 'b' or 'f' do now and experiment?
> >
> > --
> > _Mark_ <eichin at thok.org> <eichin at gmail.com>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> interactive_methods.s should be improved to allow for history to be
> provided by the caller.  Right now I'm not satisfied with
> interactive's way of passing arguments to interactive methods.  You
> may notice that in interactive.js, some interactive methods require
> their arguments to be passed as functions, while others, like `s' will
> take a simple string prompt.  Also, arguments to interactive methods
> are always passed by position, which makes it hard to provide a
> consistent interface.  If you have any ideas for how to overcome these
> problems, or even just a patch to get a quick fix for what you want to
> do right now, I would be glad to know and assist.
>
> --John
>
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