GNU bug report logs - #22589
25.0.90; First match found by isearch-forward-symbol is not necessarily a symbol.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Bastian Beischer <bastian.beischer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 22:42:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 25562

Found in versions 25.0.90, 25.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Bastian Beischer <bastian.beischer <at> gmail.com>, 22589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22589: 25.0.90; First match found by isearch-forward-symbol is not necessarily a symbol.
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:30:34 +0100

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

> > I agree that this is a useful feature.  Not having it would make
> > entering the search pattern confusing.
> >
> > But I think it should be documented.  When does it occur, and what else
> > is matched (one or two sentences).
> >
> > There could also be some indication when this first match is not a
> > "real" match - but that might be overkill.
>
> Then we could use the already existing indication "[pending]"
> in the search prompt.

I think that would be a good solution.

Michael.
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