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24.0.91; Isearch & `M-e'

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Message #38 received at 10113 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 10113 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#10113: 24.0.91; Isearch & `M-e'
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:14:52 +0100

Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org> writes:

>> I'll try to express myself better: by default (without touching
>> `isearch-edit-string'), the "case fold search" behavior can be
>> switched on/off in two ways:
>> a. Manually: by typing `M-c'.
>> b. Automatically (only applies if the previous criterion is "case
>> insensitive"): based on whether the current search string contains any
>> uppercase letter or not.
>>
>> What I say is that currently (as we are shown) the (b) criterion is
>> not always re-evaluated, and it should.
>>
>> BTW, Stefan agrees on this, and I hope you too :-).
>
> True, currently after the first typed upper case letter,
> case-sensitivity is not re-evaluated anymore.
>
> This behavior can be changed with the following patch:

Your patch breaks the `M-c' case.

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