GNU bug report logs - #22118
23.2; Hitting ^W in a search selects the wrong word.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jms <at> codersco.com

Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 18:56:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 23.2

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #28 received at 22118 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>, 22118 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Jan-Mark <jms <at> codersco.com>
Subject: Re: bug#22118: 23.2; Hitting ^W in a search selects the wrong word.
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:22:30 -0700

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

>> Is the below patch still relevant?
>
> I don't know.  My patch tried to make the behavior in case of error
> slightly more useful, but now I see nothing useful in it because
> after a failure it makes no sense to type C-w C-w C-w ...
>
> I don't recommend making code in isearch.el more complicated to handle
> useless cases.  So I won't complain if you'll close this report.  :-)

OK, thanks.  Any objections to closing this?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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