minibuffer history search with multi-line items

[Ryan B]

hi all! has anyone used helm to search minibuffer history when some entries have embedded newlines? i have many multi-line items in my compile and shell-command history, for example.

search/matching works ok, but selection doesn't. helm treats each line as a separate item, so pressing enter only pulls the single selected line from a multi-line entry into the minibuffer.

i'm running git head on emacs 23.3.1 on ubuntu precise. (i know, i should upgrade to emacs 24, but this is on a locked down work computer where i can't easily add apt repos.)

thanks in advance!

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[Ryan B]

to clarify, this is reproducible with emacs -q, then this:

(require 'helm)
(require 'helm-config)
(require 'helm-files)

...then M-x compile, enter a few multi-line commands, then M-x compile, C-r, and enter a few characters from one of the commands.

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[Thierry Volpiatto]

Ryan B <goo...@ryanb.org> writes:

> to clarify, this is reproducible with emacs -q, then this:
>
> (require 'helm)
> (require 'helm-config)
> (require 'helm-files)
>
> ...then M-x compile, enter a few multi-line commands, then M-x compile,
> C-r, and enter a few characters from one of the commands.

I wonder why you are entering multi lines in minibuffer for such
tasks...
But well:

(helm-attrset 'multiline nil helm-c-source-minibuffer-history)

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[Thierry Volpiatto]

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry....@gmail.com> writes:

> Ryan B <goo...@ryanb.org> writes:
>
>> to clarify, this is reproducible with emacs -q, then this:
>>
>> (require 'helm)
>> (require 'helm-config)
>> (require 'helm-files)
>>
>> ...then M-x compile, enter a few multi-line commands, then M-x compile,
>> C-r, and enter a few characters from one of the commands.
> I wonder why you are entering multi lines in minibuffer for such
> tasks...
> But well:
>
> (helm-attrset 'multiline nil helm-c-source-minibuffer-history)

I could make this the default.

[Ryan Barrett]

perfect, thanks! that works for me. (and sorry for the delay.) i don't have an opinion on the default, feel free to do whatever you think is best.