Re: C-s C-s... with no previous string

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dan Jacobson wrote:

> Maybe emacs should say something if no previous string is known:
> $ emacs
> C-s C-s [C-s...]
>
> At it is it feels like one has hit XOFF :-)

I agree.  Here's one way to do it:

*** emacs-20.7/lisp/isearch.el.orig     Wed May 31 05:43:30 2000
--- emacs-20.7/lisp/isearch.el  Thu Jan  2 11:12:27 2003
***************
*** 906,912 ****
                (or (if isearch-regexp
                        (car regexp-search-ring)
                      (car search-ring))
!                   "")
                isearch-message
                (mapconcat 'isearch-text-char-description
                           isearch-string ""))
--- 906,915 ----
                (or (if isearch-regexp
                        (car regexp-search-ring)
                      (car search-ring))
!                   (progn
!                     (message "Search ring is empty")
!                     (sleep-for 1)
!                     ""))
                isearch-message
                (mapconcat 'isearch-text-char-description
                           isearch-string ""))

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