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

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From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
Cc: kellydeanch <at> yahoo.com, 12988 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#12988: [PATCH] RE: bug#12988: isearch fails to
	persistentlyindicate case sensitivity
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:11:58 +0530

Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org> writes:

> "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:
>
>> The slash is useless anyway.  Why not consider the proposals discussed
>> earlier in the thread (repeated below)?
>>
>>  I search   - lax whitespace
>>  I*search   - regexp
>>  I* search  - lax ws & regexp
>>  Isearchw   - word
>>  Isearch_   - symbol
>>  I searchw  - word & lax ws
>>  I search_  - symbol & lax ws
>
> Because these look terrible.

Drew's idea is nice.

    Isearch( *Aw_):

Have a fixed width string like that.  Characters/Glyphs in the bracket
are basically all possible indicators or controls.  If a character is
on, highlight that on.  There is also some control on where the space
character goes.

One can even cycle through the glyphs and turn those switches on/off one
by one.
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