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24.3.50; Isearch oddity

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 14729 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#14729: 24.3.50; Isearch oddity
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 23:06:48 +0100

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

> Or to turn the failing search into a successful one
> since the search string matches the buffer.

But we've skipped past the final match, so I think it's correct to still
say that we've skipped past, even if we add more characters.  Probably.

> OTOH, the current behavior also makes sense
> since it highlights the last failing characters
> typed by the user.  E.g. compare it with `C-s bufzzz'.

Hm...  yes...  but it does seem wrong (in one way or another) in the
original test case.

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