Re: option to let isearch select the search target (in transient mark mode)

[Johan Bockgård]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     How about adding this to Isearch: Depending on the value of an option,
>     `isearch-set-region-flag', Isearch leaves the region active around the
>     search target when you stop searching with `RET'.  This is only for
>     Transient Mark mode; if that mode is not on, then this does nothing.
>
> I don't think it is needed.  You can type C-@ C-r C-r to put the region
> around the match that was just found.

That (C-M-r) doesn't do the right thing for regexp searches (forward
and backward searches are not symmetrical).

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Johan Bockgård