bug#22991: 25.0.92: C-u C-s does not display "Regexp I-search:" in the echo area

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 23:56:56 -0500
> From: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>
> Cc: 22991@debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>, 
>       Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> 
> Sorry, I just remembered that I was one of the people (or the only one?) who 
> suggested not displaying
> "Char-fold" prefix. 
> 
> But considering the example that Michael gave, it makes sense to remove that 
> condition from the cond form. I
> would actually like to see "Regexp I-search:" even if I have set that by 
> default. 
> 
> The result will be a less complex cond statement (will get rid of that "oring 
> of ands" case in my last patch) and
> clarity as to what's the current isearch mode. 
> 
> What do you guys think? Or should we bring this up on emacs-devel?

First, such a change would be a change in behavior, so it should go to
master, not emacs-25.

Second, I don't agree with Michael, so if we want to allow such a
different behavior, I will insist on a user option.