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[EXPERIMENTAL PATCH] Extending Isearch-repeat-forward/backward to support a prefix argument following suggesion by Juri Linkov

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Message #34 received at 10614 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: Gideon Stupp <gideon.stupp <at> gmail.com>, 10614 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10614: [EXPERIMENTAL PATCH] Extending
 Isearch-repeat-forward/backward to support a prefix argument following
 suggesion by Juri Linkov
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:36:57 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org> writes:
>
>> What if you need to visit a Nth occurrence where N is larger
>> than the number of keystrokes with numeric prefixes
>> (while using isearch for navigation)?
>
> I still don't think I'd want to enter a number.  I'd either stop doing
> isearch if it was too far away (and just move the cursor where I wanted
> it to be), or I'd hit `C-s' a lot.

Nobody else weighed in three years ago, so I'm closing this bug report.
The "counting and jumping" thing seems so vim-like to me.  :-)

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