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From: | Antoine Levitt |
Subject: | bug#25562: 25.1; isearch-forward-word first matches a non-word |
Date: | Tue, 31 Jan 2017 08:57:37 +0100 |
> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 01:24:07 +0200
> Cc: 25562@debbugs.gnu.org
>I think this is a consequence of the simple fact that "word search"
> You can try yourself using the minimal patch below that demonstrates your idea.
>
> But from what I see, it's not too good, using the recipe from your top post:
>
> emacs -Q
> M-<
> M-s w
> i
>
> After typing the letter “i”, isearch fails, beeps, flashes the screen,
> with a clear indication that something went wrong. This is more confusing
> for a user, because now a user has to stop and think about what is wrong.
and "incremental search" contradict each other: as long as "the word"
was not fully specified, searching for it incrementally is not a
well-defined operation.
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