(minibuffer-text-before-history): New variable. (minibuffer-history-initialize): New fn, on minibuffer-setup-hook. (next-history-element, previous-matching-history-element): Initialize minibuffer-text-before-history. (next-history-element): Use minibuffer-text-before-history as "position 0" of the history list. Use minibuffer-default as position -1, if it is non-nil. Simplify error logic for beginning and end of history. (set-variable): Delete old definition (duplicate).