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24.4.50; Isearch case sensitivity broken/confusing

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 18017 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#18017: 24.4.50; Isearch case sensitivity broken/confusing
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:14:46 +0200

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

> Did you mean `C-s M-c add C-s' in the last key sequence
> (that finds all case-insensitive)?  You have to use M-c to toggle
> case-sensitivity for case-fold-search that you set to nil.
> And `C-s C-s' naturally restores case-sensitivity of the
> previous search string, but it's possible to configure this
> using `isearch-keep-mode-variables' from bug#11378.

The patch from bug#11378 was apparently never applied?  I think it
sounds like a good idea to let the user control whether `C-s C-s' should
also restore the case sensitivity of the previous match or not.

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