How go to prev search text in minibuffer?

Question

Emacs 26.1, Ido , smex,

Open scratch buffer.

C-s to find text file Here result:

C-g

Now I want to find another text: text

Here result:

Nice. It's work fine. But now I want to backward in search history. So I need again to search text (in minibuffer): file

How I can do this?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-23 20:54:27Z

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You can search backwards with C-r, and you can go backward and forward through search history with M-p and M-n respectively.

answered Oct 23, 2018 at 17:37

user12563

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You might want to emphasize the last part - it's the answer to the question. I don't think OP is also asking about search direction.
– Drew
Commented Oct 23, 2018 at 18:10
When I press "M-p" or "M-n" I get message in "M-p/M-n is underfined". If I input command "previous-history-element" I get another error: "Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil"
– a_subscriber
Commented Oct 24, 2018 at 7:45
Does the problem persist when you run emacs -q?
– user12563
Commented Oct 24, 2018 at 8:02
Yes. With "emacs -Q" I also get this error. I use Emacs 26.1 on Windows 10 (64 bit)
– a_subscriber
Commented Oct 24, 2018 at 10:37
Are you typing these commands in the minibuffer for isearch?
– user12563
Commented Oct 24, 2018 at 16:55

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