GNU bug report logs - #12987
Mode switching during isearch isn't user friendly

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kelly Dean <kellydeanch <at> yahoo.com>

Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 02:04:01 UTC

Severity: minor

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Kelly Dean <kellydeanch <at> yahoo.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Mode switching during isearch isn't user friendly
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:01:30 -0800 (PST)

This is a UI improvement suggestion, not a bug report.
Using 24.2, type:
onto to
Then do:
C-a C-s to
It highlights the first occurrence of "to" as the current match, and the second as the next match.
Then do: M-s w
It continues to highlight the first occurrence of "to", even though that occurrence no longer matches. It should remove the highlight immediately. Pressing C-s again will remove the highlight, which is not user-friendly; pressing C-s should never cause highlights to be removed.
This same problem applies to case-sensitivity mode (M-c) too.
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