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

[Stefan Monnier]

>> The special code should be in C-x b, C-x 4 b, and C-x 5 b.
>> Checking the caller inside the minibuffer is *bad*.  I already
>> suggested a much better solution: use a minibuffer-completion-predicate.
>> That's what it's for.

> C-x b switch-to-buffer has an interactive spec in buffer.c
> "BSwitch to buffer: ".  Do you mean replacing it with an
> expression that uses `minibuffer-with-setup-hook' to bind
> `minibuffer-completion-predicate' to a new predicate that
> rules out the current-buffer?

Actually, looking at the code some more, I'd suggest to add
a `predicate' arg to `read-buffer' and then use it in switch-to-buffer
(which would clearly need to be changed not to use a string-spec but
a lisp-spec for its interactive spec).


        Stefan