GNU bug report logs - #222
isearch-repeat-forward: wrong overlay after failure

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 16:00:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>,
        David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org,
        222 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#222: isearch-repeat-forward: wrong overlay after failure
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 02:59:36 +0300

>>> Which I would call a reasonable expectation.  However, keybindings even
>>> in specialized keymaps need to be bound to interactive functions.  So if
>>> we have functions that are only intended for use in specialized keymaps,
>>> there is no way to keep people from binding them to normal keymaps.
>>>
>>> So it is sort of a combined documentation/expectation problem.  I have
>>> no good idea how to approach this.
>>
>> Maybe an error message that explains/points to an explanation?
>
> What should trigger an error here?

  (unless isearch-mode
    (error "This command doesn't work when isearch mode is not active"))

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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