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bug#10148: 24.0.91; "pending" regexp Isearch
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#10148: 24.0.91; "pending" regexp Isearch |
Date: |
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:06:19 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
>> In this context "pending" makes sense, yes. So the problem is that
>> "pending" is also used for the other case where it does not make sense.
> This is still doubtful because when using an incomplete regexp like
> `C-M-s i s \ |', "pending" still makes sense since Isearch is waiting
> for the user to type an alternative search string.
No, it's not: it has already moved point to the start of the search
where "is\\|" indeed is a valid match.
It's very different from the "toggle case sensitivity" where point is
not updated to reflect the new search criterion yet, hence it is "pending".
Stefan