GNU bug report logs - #12988
isearch fails to persistently indicate case sensitivity

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 02:08:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 12988 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 'Kelly Dean' <kellydeanch <at> yahoo.com>, 12988 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RE: bug#12988: isearch fails to persistently indicate
	case sensitivity
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:19:00 +0200

> I think I've mentioned this way before, but perhaps not: In Isearch+, the
> mode-line lighter makes clear (continually) whether searching is currently
> case-sensitive.  Vanilla Emacs could do likewise.
>
>  When   case-sensitive, the lighter is `Isearch'.
>  When case-insensitive, the lighter is `ISEARCH'.

Clever trick, but not obvious without knowing what does it mean.

We need indication for other isearch parameters too,
e.g. for `isearch-lax-whitespace'.  Do you think
it would be equally clever to display `I s e a r c h'
to indicate lax-whitespace mode ;-)
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