bug#47599: closed (28.0.50; Feature request improve/update isearch)

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> 28.0.50; Feature request improve/update isearch
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> Mon, 5 Apr 2021 04:07:25 +0200
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> Hi:
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> Just to follow this:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-04/msg00080.html
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> I open a feature request to suggest some updates in the isearch code and
> the addition of some simple functionalities like:
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> 1) Option or command to automatically go to the other end on exit.
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> 2) Convert isearch-wrap-function, isearch-push-state-function,
> isearch-filter-predicate into customs instead of use defvar, improve a
> bit their documentation and provide some handy options.
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> 3) Make some general refactor of isearch code to simplify and remove
> some redundant or useless checks, vars and code. Update the code to use
> some useful modern api like define-minor-mode or easy-mmode-defmap. 
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> There are some external packages that reimplement the isearch
> functionalities or hack it to produce some of these
> functionalities/behavior and maybe (as an extra) we could consider add
> some customs to make isearch behave like a bit like that; because most
> of them are not very different to what isearch already does now.
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> Example: https://github.com/raxod502/ctrlf 
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> Some of the differences where mentioned already here:
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> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-04/msg00108.html
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> > Just to follow this:
> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-04/msg00080.html
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> > I open a feature request to suggest some updates in the isearch code and
> > the addition of some simple functionalities like:
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> > 1) Option or command to automatically go to the other end on exit.
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> It seems the conclusion was that it should not be an option.
> As for a command, there were objections against binding it to a key,
> but without a keybinding such command has little sense.
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> > 2) Convert isearch-wrap-function,
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> Thanks for the suggestion.  Customization of wrapping was implemented now
> by the new option 'isearch-wrap-pause'.  It also handles numeric arguments
> of 'isearch-repeat'.
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> > isearch-push-state-function,
> > isearch-filter-predicate into customs instead of use defvar, improve a
> > bit their documentation and provide some handy options.
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> These functions are intended to be modified by modes, not by users.
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> > 3) Make some general refactor of isearch code to simplify and remove
> > some redundant or useless checks, vars and code. Update the code to use
> > some useful modern api like define-minor-mode or easy-mmode-defmap. There
> > are some external packages that reimplement the isearch
> > functionalities or hack it to produce some of these
> > functionalities/behavior and maybe (as an extra) we could consider add
> > some customs to make isearch behave like a bit like that; because most
> > of them are not very different to what isearch already does now.
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> Rewriting isearch is a huge and unnecessary task.
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> More patches were posted directly to emacs-devel now,
> so more changes are expected from that discussion.
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