Re: minibuffer prev/next bindings in calc "algebraic-entry" mode

[Jay Belanger]

Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
...
> The algebraic-entry mode has it's own sort of half-assed
> previous-command binding (bound to '), but it's not very good.
>
> It also binds M-p to a fairly useless command, which basically just inserts 
> "+/-".

I wouldn't call that useless.

> I think for consistency and the sanity of our users, M-p and M-n should
> have the standard bindings in this mode.  The existing mode-specific
> binding of M-p doesn't seem useful enough to preserve (it could be moved
> to a different key, e.g. M-+ or something if people actually use it for
> something).

The usefulness of the binding of M-p is up for debate, I suppose, but
the importance of consistency and sanity are pretty clear.  (Well,
consistency, at least.)
In numeric entry mode, `p' is used to enter `+/-', which is probably
why `M-p' was chosen for algebraic entry.  How about using `C-p' for
entering `+/-' in algebraic mode, then?

Jay