In minibuffer forward through search history M-p not work

Question

Windows 10, Emacs 26.1

Steps:

1. Start Emacs
2. Open *scratch* buffer.
3. C-s text
4. C-g
5. C-s visit
6. C-g

Nice. Now I want to go backward and forward through search history with M-p and M-n respectively. But I get error:

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

I try this in pure Emacs by: emacs -Q

But I get same errors.

Answer 1

When you cancel the search with C-g the search item isn't added to your search history. Try this instead:

1. Start Emacs
2. Open scratch buffer.
3. C-s text
4. ENTER
5. C-s visit
6. ENTER

Now you can access your search history:

1. C-s
2. M-n or M-p