GNU bug report logs - #23010
25.1.50; Isearch help key to indicate current search state/mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:29:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo, wontfix

Found in version 25.1.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, "23010 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <23010 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#23010: 25.1.50; Isearch help key to indicate current search state/mode
Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 20:03:59 +0300

> I've also made other suggestions elsewhere, regarding
> showing more such state in the mode-line.  And I do
> that in isearch+.el.  E.g., mode-line lighter tells
> you whether case-sensitive and whether regexp searching:
>
> (if case-fold-search
>     (if isearch-regexp " R*SEARCH" " ISEARCH")
>   (if isearch-regexp " R*search" " Isearch"))

I guess R means Regexp search.  But what does the asterisk
after R mean?  On the mode line it usually indicates the
modified buffer.
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