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25.0.92: C-u C-s does not display "Regexp I-search:" in the echo area

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Message #47 received at 22991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 22991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#22991: 25.0.92: C-u C-s does not display "Regexp I-search:"
 in the echo area
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 09:49:56 +0200

> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 23:56:56 -0500
> From: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 22991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 
> 	Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> Sorry, I just remembered that I was one of the people (or the only one?) who suggested not displaying
> "Char-fold" prefix. 
> 
> But considering the example that Michael gave, it makes sense to remove that condition from the cond form. I
> would actually like to see "Regexp I-search:" even if I have set that by default. 
> 
> The result will be a less complex cond statement (will get rid of that "oring of ands" case in my last patch) and
> clarity as to what's the current isearch mode. 
> 
> What do you guys think? Or should we bring this up on emacs-devel?

First, such a change would be a change in behavior, so it should go to
master, not emacs-25.

Second, I don't agree with Michael, so if we want to allow such a
different behavior, I will insist on a user option.

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