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bug#46469: 27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back
From: |
Augusto Stoffel |
Subject: |
bug#46469: 27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back |
Date: |
Sat, 13 Feb 2021 08:32:42 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 at 09:04, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> For isearch-del-char, I think what you see is the intended behavior:
> that command doesn't undo the effect of the last character you type at
> the I-search prompt, it just removes the last character of the search
> string. So it isn't supposed to move point back to where the search
> started. What you wanted to happen is what isearch-delete-char does.
>
> OK?
No, isearch-delete-char is a misnamed command. It undoes the last
isearch command, which is typically inserting a character OR going to
the next/previous match. If you type ‘C-s y C-s DEL’ in emacs -q, the
search string is still y.
I frankly think DEL should be isearch-del-char by default. I never got
used to isearch-delete-char in many years before finding out about
isearch-del-char. But that's besides the point.
As to why the patched version of isearch-delete-char is the "expected"
or more useful one: this is to a degree a matter of taste, but I can
give my reasons if you are still not convinced.
Best,
Augusto
- bug#46469: 27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back, Augusto Stoffel, 2021/02/12
- bug#46469: 27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/12
- bug#46469: 27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back, Augusto Stoffel, 2021/02/12
- bug#46469: [External] : bug#46469: 27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back, Drew Adams, 2021/02/13
- bug#46469: [External] : bug#46469: 27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/13
- bug#46469: [External] : bug#46469: 27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back, Augusto Stoffel, 2021/02/14
- bug#46469: [External] : bug#46469: 27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/14
- bug#46469: [External] : bug#46469: 27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back, Juri Linkov, 2021/02/14
- bug#46469: [External] : bug#46469: 27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back, Augusto Stoffel, 2021/02/15
- bug#46469: [External] : bug#46469: 27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/15