Re: [Nano-devel] RFC: limiting the amount of position history

[Benno Schulenberg]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2016, at 23:58, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> i don't use tab to search.  i use ctrl+r, or i type out partial strings
> and then use page up/page down to do leading matches, or i use the arrow
> keys.  tab is purely for completion.  using it to cycle matches i find
> weird.

I like that cycling behaviour.  I think it's clever.

> > Just cycling through the matches would be quicker, less noisy,
> > and less visually distracting.  And it would match the behaviour
> > for search, so it would be more consistent (within nano).
> 
> i dislike search behavior too ;)

So... when we can't agree on how things should work,
they will stay as they are.

:|

Benno

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