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25.1.50; Isearch help key to indicate current search state/mode

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 23010 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: bug#23010: 25.1.50; Isearch help key to indicate current search state/mode
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 18:27:27 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> This request is for a help key, to show the current state/modes of
> Isearch.  The info shown should include all of the possible toggle
> states, such as case folding, whitespace folding, regexp/literal, and
> char folding, as well as indicate the various toggle keys for these.

I think this sound like it could be vaguely helpful.  I've added Juri to
the CCs; perhaps he has some comments.

I think the utility would be pretty marginal, though -- few users alter
these things dynamically, but go with one single set of states most of
the time.

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