Re: Exposing Isearch toggleable options

[Nicolas Petton]

John Wiegley <address@hidden> writes:

>>>>>> Artur Malabarba <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Basically, as soon as isearch starts, you should see something like this.
>> Toggles [M-s]: [w] Word OFF [_] Symbol OFF ['] Character-Fold ON [r] Regexp
>> OFF I-search: search string here
>
> Artur, does this mean the I-search prompt would be two-lines high in the
> minibuffer, instead of one-line? If so, I would definitely want a way to
> disable it; if I already know the options, it shortens the text window for
> documentation I wouldn't need.
>
> For new users, I'm not sure whether it should be on by default or not. It's
> handy, for sure, but distracting maybe? I can't say without that mindset. I'd
> love to hear from some users to see what they think.

Hi,

Magit displays all options for each Git action in a separate window,
which I still find useful, even now that I know most of them.  The same
goes for org-mode export, it is very handy.  I think this kind of
usability improvements are worth it, even if they take a significant
amount of screen space.

However, I'm afraid that with your changes Artur new users might think
that these visible options are the only ones isearch supports.  I know I
wouldn't look for more options than the one displayed when doing a Git
operation with Magit.

Nico

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